4 Steps
(1) Point of View
The point of view is universalized, in a third person speaker, to show that all the children who have suffered in war would not be able to learn like normal children, and that all of them had lost hope
(2) Situation and Setting
The climax is built up by the rhetorical questions asked in Stanza 3: whether the children can be taught what 'normal' students are taught.
The next stanza, which is the climax, shows their true fate and why they cannot be taught what normal students are taught, in other words, it answers all the rhetorical questions. They could never be taught all that, because they will be consumed in war, 'their body and soul' will be given up to war and their blood and life will be 'poured down some endless thirsty hole.' Satire is used here to a small extent, with words like blood,poured and endless, making it seem like blood is being constantly poured and bloodshed is rampant.
The resolution is that these children could not possibly be like normal children, they have no hope , which is symbolized by light, to live a normal life as it has been destroyed by the circumstances of war.
(3) Language/Diction
Repetition: Light, Darkness
Strong choices of words: consume, endless thirsty hole
Rhyme Scheme: undefined: AABAB, AABB
(4) Personal Response
After reading this poem, I feel sad for those children, who are not given the chance to learn due to war. I believe that by understanding the implications of war, I would be able to understand in a deeper depth. These children might be so traumatized that they would forever be trapped within their own confinement, unable to learn anything. I have learnt that war affects people more than I could have possibly imagined before. The Sufferers of war are not just the soldiers who dies in the battlefield, nor just the grievance of the loss of family members, but also affects the future of children, and alters their life forever,
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