How is the world of childhood presented in 'Hide and Seek', 'Leaving School' and 'Half Past Two'?

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How is the world of childhood presented in 'Hide and Seek', 'Leaving School' and 'Half Past Two'?

'Hide and Seek', 'Leaving School' and 'Half Past Two' are all about children who at one point in all the three poems are alone, uncertain and confused. In each poem the poet is writing from a different perspective. Vernon Scannell is looking back on when he was a boy, and remembers one game of hide and seek which he describes in detail. He uses the word "You" which is ambiguous. It could mean the poet is addressing the readers or he could be addressing himself as a child. The poet U.A Fanthorpe is writing describing a little boy. She takes us into his mind so we can see what happens from the child's perspective. U.A Fanthorpe used to be a teacher so she may have been describing something that once happened when she was a teacher. Hugo Williams writes the poem 'Leaving School' as if he is telling the readers the story of when he went to boarding school. He uses the word "I" a lot, which gives the impression that he is talking about himself at the time when he