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‘First Day At School’ by Roger McGough is a four-stanza poem that is separated into uneven stanzas. The first is nine lines long, the second is ten, the third is only one line long, and the fourth is seven lines.
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Sep 21, 2022 · “First Day At School” is an excellent example of such a poem. He places himself inside the head of a young child who has just been dropped off by his mother in the playground of a city...
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The ‘First day at School’ takes us through the vast stretch of a child’s mind on his first day of school. It voices the feelings of the child; his unknowing mind of the perplexing new world and how that has aroused a sense of anxiety and insecurity inside him.
In this poem McGough reaches back to early childhood and memories of starting school. The confusion, apprehension and misconceptions are conveyed accurately, stirring for many...
This poem talks about a child’s first day at school. It tells us about this very familiar experience that all of us have gone through. Everyone’s first day at school feels very strange because it is our first time away from home on our own.
Roger McGough introduces and reads some of his best-known poems for children, including 'First day at school' and 'Didgeridoo'.