A Little Boy's Dream Comments

interesting how the dream 'To and fro, to and fro In my little boat I go Sailing far across the sea', is revealed to be the motion of a rocking chair, when the little boy wakes from a dream in his mother's arms at poems end

An imaginative and thought provoking write

Soooo rhythmic and delightful...

Beautiful and very interesting read.

I have learnt this poem by heart at the age of forteen and still have it in mind after my 30 years carrier at sea

I like it was amazing and imaganitive

A very interesting poem.enjoyed thank you Alan

Hello Alan, I'm not sure if you'll ever read this, but email me if you'd like to hear a song I made. [email protected]

A beautiful poem. Such imagination!

An incredibly wonderful poem about true love - contentment, and a child's imagination that can only be spurred by a mother's protective and loving embrace.... I think I shall be reading more of Miss Mansfield's poetry. I'm certain that I've seen this form before but can't remember what it is called. Three octave stanzas in couplet rhyme followed by a quatrain stanza in acbd rhyme.... ? ? ?

Change [cdaptured] to [captured]

Yes....Life of Pie narrated in verse............so subtle........no vivid.....

life of pi?

well the poem is supposed to be a dream, a childs dream of winning a pirate fight, and journeying alone in the sea. It feels to me that he has achieved a victory against an enemy; whatever it was that he was fighting against. Instead of a dream it could be a fantastic illustration of a lonely child, fighting his own battles and winning them all alone because even the fish swim away from him. A child maturing earlier than he should becausr of lifes troubles, 'away from home and from play, only the sea as a friend' just a thought, of course

It's interesting that blank blank doers not like the last stanza, but can he say why he does not like i? . The whole point of the poem is that it IS a dream from which the boy wakes up.

i think i'd like it better without the last stanza. maybe it shouldnt have been a dream. its beautiful and then the last stanza ruins it.

An excellent creation of a child's dream world - it is the rocking chair we meet at the end which has evoked the dream of the sea, and the writer's rhythm. I liked the sense towards the end of the dream becoming rather frightening. I wonder why the poet gave the dream to a boy - does It show the ability of the poet to create an accurate and intense atmosphere even though she might not have had an actual dream like this?

Nice picture nice poem awesome one too

i posted an identical poem with title paper boat. but this one is grand and sweet to with rhyme

v cute poem indeed...................