Of Stephen Spender's 'My Parents Kept Me From Children Who Were Rough'

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How does Stephen Spender create a vivid picture of the street children through the use of imagery in the poem " My parents kept me from children who were rough" In this narrative poem, the poet creates a vivid picture of a group of rough, ill mannered children who followed the narrator like a pack of wild ‘ dogs ’, tormenting him and causing him endless suffering. Indeed, the title sums up the main theme of the poem: namely the bullying, isolation and pain, both physical and mental suffered by the narrator as a helpless victim. This theme, as well as the techniques used by the poet when narrating these negative experiences, make this poem a most realistic and touching one. The bullies were rough not only in their appearance but also in their

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