Comparing and Contrasting the Children in Susan Skinner’s ‘the Minnow Catching Boys’ and ‘My Parents Kept Me from Cildren Who Were Rough’ by Stephen Spender

Comparing and Contrasting the children in Susan skinners The Minnow Catching Boys and My Parents Kept Me from Children who were Rough by Stephen Spender. In this essay I am going to discuss The Minnow Catching Boys by Susan Skinner and My Parents kept me from Children who were Rough by Stephen Spender. I will focus on the similarities and differences between the children in the poems in terms of their actions, the language apply to describe them and their impact on the leader. The Minnow Catching Boys is a poem about a host of boys who actually skillful and adventurous. My Parents kept me from children who were rough is also about a assembly of boy bullies who rightfully torture some differents a lot and play rough. The children in The Minnow Catching Boys are described as skillful and the outdoor-type boys. This poem is based on a Victorian/older lifetime according to its facts Boys straightaway play video games and are interested in technology or sports. This also refers to the quote the cheerfulness burnt boys which means that sunlightscreen was not invented.I would imagine them as scruffy boys wearing a garb with a waistcoat and knee breeches (knee length shorts from older times) all dull work and by looking back it says Breeches rolled. The children are in a cerebrate, competitive mood, as said in the poem, Scan and dip as well as they make bets poke and tip, their wide awake catch. For they have always been here the minnow catching boys. makes me conceive of that this competitive hobby has been passed follow out from many generations. .. And when they have had enough, the minnow catching boys make their way home makes me theorize these boys are truly carefree.I thought quotes like . And a small girl who can never quite catch up calls for them to wait, but no one waits give me a feeling that these boys are mean and cruel or maybe just in a rush. The quote The dog shakes off in a fall of diamonds is one of the most striking pieces of imagery for me because it imaginatively describe thousands of sparkling water droplets as a descend of diamonds. The tone which this poem would be withdraw in would be slow and suspending- long pauses. You would read this poem in this tone so you can get your audience right into the scene-as the boys are foc utilize and concentrating too hard.The children in My Parents kept me from Children who were rough are described as mean, arrogant and a gravelly group of bullies. I imagine them as very scruffy boys with their clothes torn as they fatiguet care. I think they would be wearing the analogous clothes as the boys in the other poem but in an ill-suited manner. I think this poem is also set in the similar time as the other poem- older times/Victorian times. This poem quotes They threw words like stones which makes me think that these boys are rude, ill-mannered and that their insults really hurt people- using words like weapons.These boys were also involved in physical abuses to others, which refers to the quote Their knees tight on my arms. They were lithe, this quote makes me think these boys are super-fit, strong, conciliatory and very versatile. I think these boys look like are big headed and want to be enceinte to people. Their parents might not able to control them or maybe are not even alert of their actions. Muscles like iron says that these boys are unbeatable and formidably strong. I would like to read this poem in a fast, envious tone, because I think that the narrator is envying these strong and super-fit boys.Comparing and Contrasting the Children in Susan Skinners the Minnow Catching Boys and My Parents Kept Me from Cildren Who Were Rough by Stephen SpenderComparing and Contrasting the children in Susan Skinners The Minnow Catching Boys and My Parents Kept Me from Children who were Rough by Stephen Spender. In this essay I am going to discuss The Minnow Catching Boys by Susan Skinner and My Parents kept me from Children who were Rough by Stephen Spender. I will focus on the similarities and differences between the children in the poems in terms of their actions, the language used to describe them and their impact on the reader. The Minnow Catching Boys is a poem about a group of boys who very skillful and adventurous. My Parents kept me from children who were rough is also about a group of boy bullies who really torture others a lot and play rough. The children in The Minnow Catching Boys are described as skillful and the outdoor-type boys. This poem is based on a Victorian/older lifetime according to its facts Boys right away play video games and are interested in technology or sports. This also refers to the quote the sun burnt boys which means that sunscreen was not invented.I would imagine them as scruffy boys wearing a garment with a waistcoat and knee breeches (knee length shorts from older times) all dull influence and by looking back it says Breeches rolled. The children are in a cogitate, competitive m ood, as said in the poem, Scan and dip as well as they make bets poke and tip, their vigorous catch. For they have always been here the minnow catching boys. makes me think that this competitive hobby has been passed batch from many generations. .. And when they have had enough, the minnow catching boys make their way home makes me think these boys are very carefree.I thought quotes like . And a small girl who can never quite catch up calls for them to wait, but no one waits give me a feeling that these boys are mean and cruel or maybe just in a rush. The quote The dog shakes off in a cascade of diamonds is one of the most striking pieces of imagery for me because it imaginatively describe thousands of sparkling water droplets as a cascade of diamonds. The tone which this poem would be read in would be slow and suspending- long pauses. You would read this poem in this tone so you can get your audience right into the scene-as the boys are focused and concentrating too hard.The ch ildren in My Parents kept me from Children who were rough are described as mean, arrogant and a ferocious group of bullies. I imagine them as very scruffy boys with their clothes torn as they weart care. I think they would be wearing the same clothes as the boys in the other poem but in an ill-suited manner. I think this poem is also set in the same time as the other poem- older times/Victorian times. This poem quotes They threw words like stones which makes me think that these boys are rude, ill-mannered and that their insults really hurt people- using words like weapons.These boys were also involved in physical abuses to others, which refers to the quote Their knees tight on my arms. They were lithe, this quote makes me think these boys are super-fit, strong, flexible and very versatile. I think these boys look like are big headed and want to be menace to people. Their parents might not able to control them or maybe are not even aware of their actions. Muscles like iron says th at these boys are unbeatable and formidably strong. I would like to read this poem in a fast, envious tone, because I think that the narrator is envying these strong and super-fit boys.