With Reference to two poems, describe the poets' recollections of childhood. Are there any common features between them?

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With Reference to two poems, describe the poets’ recollections of childhood. Are there any common features between them?

      The two poems that I have chosen are Hide and Seek by Vernon Scannell and Brendon Gallacher by Jackie Kay. Both poets have written a poem based on there experiences of childhood.

      Hide and Seek takes place in a summer garden where some little children are playing hide and seek and the narrator who is Vernon Scannell seems to be hiding in a garden shed. Then the poet describes his thoughts and excitement. When he realises it has gone silent he wonders what has happened but he stays in the shed. After a while he decides to come out and realises that all his friends have forgotten about him and left him. The idea behind this poem is that everyone is forgettable

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      Brendon Gallacher is about a little girl who imagines that she has a friend who is Brendon Gallacher but this friend does not exist. The poem is like a childhood fantasy where she has created a friend she considers interesting and fun. However when her deceit was discovered, Brendon Gallacher metaphorically dies.

      The main theme portrayer between the two poems is loneliness. In Hide and Seek the aspect of loneliness is when the child emerges from his hiding place, thinking that he has won but he is mistaken as he soon comes to realise ...

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