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    The poet reflects on when his childhood ended. He wonders if it was when he was no longer eleven years old, or when he realized that concepts like heaven and hell could not literally be found on a map. The poet also ponders if his childhood ended when he started to see that adults were not perfect and could be hypocritical. Finally, he questions if his childhood ended when he gained an independent mind that could produce his own unique thoughts rather than just copying others. In the end, the poet accepts that his childhood has gone to a forgotten place that can now only be seen in an infant's face.

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    The poet reflects on when his childhood ended. He wonders if it was when he was no longer eleven years old, or when he realized that concepts like heaven and hell could not literally be found on a map. The poet also ponders if his childhood ended when he started to see that adults were not perfect and could be hypocritical. Finally, he questions if his childhood ended when he gained an independent mind that could produce his own unique thoughts rather than just copying others. In the end, the poet accepts that his childhood has gone to a forgotten place that can now only be seen in an infant's face.

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    The poet reflects on when his childhood ended. He wonders if it was when he was no longer eleven years old, or when he realized that concepts like heaven and hell could not literally be found on a map. The poet also ponders if his childhood ended when he started to see that adults were not perfect and could be hypocritical. Finally, he questions if his childhood ended when he gained an independent mind that could produce his own unique thoughts rather than just copying others. In the end, the poet accepts that his childhood has gone to a forgotten place that can now only be seen in an infant's face.

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    The poet reflects on when his childhood ended. He wonders if it was when he was no longer eleven years old, or when he realized that concepts like heaven and hell could not literally be found on a map. The poet also ponders if his childhood ended when he started to see that adults were not perfect and could be hypocritical. Finally, he questions if his childhood ended when he gained an independent mind that could produce his own unique thoughts rather than just copying others. In the end, the poet accepts that his childhood has gone to a forgotten place that can now only be seen in an infant's face.

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    When did my childhood go?

    Was it the day I ceased to be eleven,


    Was it the time I realised that Hell and Heaven,
    Could not be found in Geography,
    And therefore could not be,
    Was that the day!

    In the above lines, the poet wonders about when his


    childhood came to an end. He asked himself was it the
    day he was no longer eleven years old? Was it the day
    when he realized that Hell and Heaven existed and yet
    could not be found in geography or on the map. He
    realized they are imaginary places that actually do not
    exist in this world.
    When did my childhood go?
    Was it the time I realised that adults
    were not
    all they seemed to be,
    They talked of love and preached of
    love,
    But did not act so lovingly,
    Was that the day!
    In the above stanza, the poet again repeats the same
    question about when did his childhood go? He
    wonders about the day when he started seeing the
    world with a new perception that adults are hypocrites
    and are not how they seemed to be. The adults who
    talked of love and preached of love and yet never
    behaved so lovingly. They are double-faced in reality.
    Was that the day when his childhood go?
    When did my childhood go?
    Was it when I found my mind was
    really mine,
    To use whichever way I choose,
    Producing thoughts that were not those
    of other people
    But my own, and mine alone
    Was that the day! In the third stanza, the poet deliberates on the
    same question about when he lost his childhood.
    He asked himself about possibilities. He wonders
    about the day he realized that his mind was his
    own and could use it the way he wants. When
    he realized that he could produce his own
    thoughts which were not bound by anyone.
    When he sensed his own individuality and a
    separate personality. Was that the day he lost
    his childhood?
    Where did my childhood
    go?
    It went to some forgotten
    place,
    That’s hidden in an
    infant’s face,
    That’s all I know.
    In the last stanza, the poet remorses about his lost
    childhood. He concludes that his childhood had
    gone to some forgotten place which will never
    come back. He cherished his innocence which
    vanished now and could be only seen in a baby’s
    face. He only has sweet memories of his childhood
    which would soon fade away. He also conveyed a
    message that the innocence of childhood stays till
    the time one is an infant and that is all he knows.

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