and thoughts concerning the growth and experiences faced by both children and parents.

The poets who write about the school children use references to the bible and fears that

they describe to explain the emotions and effects that the poems have on readers. By

doing this the poets have conveyed the points of time, protection and the causes of the

environments that many children are faced with today.

In the poem Among Children, Levine explains a story of children as they grow

up. In the poem the author acts as almost a third person or narrator to the lives of the

children growing up. I walk among the rows of bowed heads the children sleeping

through fourth grade so as to be ready for what is ahead (Levine 685). By telling us

about their lives from the early age we get a reference of time in the poem. By using time

we are able to see the cause of events in their lives. Levine uses time almost in a way to

describe their fate. A fate of hard work and simplicity: nothing more really. Levine

describes the background of the environment to help in the reference of time. Thes

The poets use fear in many different ways such as: in the views of the parents and

children. The protection of having a fate that the children do not want. In the poem she

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