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The Contemplation

The title "The Contemplation" tells me that in the poem the writer would speak about a person who is contemplating the world where she lives. I think the person leaves behind her problems and worries. So the person is free from the world and people.

The poem is made up of four stanzas. The first and the last stanzas have got two lines whereas in the others two there are three lines:

1.  The first stanza explains that the speaking voice is alone and her mind starts to wander. So I know that the person is alone and she can start thinking maybe about her.
2.  In the second stanza the person says she isn't neither a child or an adult, so she is in the in-between age. The person confesses that in this age of life she imitates the world of the adults.
3.  In the third stanza the speaking voice says she is curious to know her future and what will happen to her life.
4.  In the last stanza the person says she is sure about something, she is herself and free.

Adolescence

At once the title "Adolescence" tells me that in the poem the writer speaks about the phase of the life which is very strange and in which the teenagers (and not only) are rebellious, are growing up.

The poem is made up of three stanzas. All the stanzas have got four lines and there are rhymes (alternate rhymes).

1.  In the first stanza the writer remembers times ago in which he was calm and he could repose.
2.  The second stanza tells that the person who speaks could sleep half-naked in the open spaces. So it means that the person was free to do whatever she liked and it means that adolescence is a free age to think and do what you want.
3.  In the last stanza the speaking voice speaks about the current events, now she can't do what he wants.

Teenage Adolescence!

The title "Teenage Adolescence!" tells me that this poem speaks about teenagers and adolescence, the problems and feelings of this age seen from the side of the young bucks.

In this poem there is only one stanza. The stanza is made up of  twenty-five lines. In the first 4 lines there is a direct speech with questions and statements turned to a teenager from an adult, like a parent. In these lines there are questions that a teenage hears everyday. But then, in the other lines, the text reminds to the reader the situations which are characteristic and happen frequently in the life of an adolescent. In the poem it is reported a classical situation: the morning, when you have to wake up and go to school. Reading this poem you can understand that teenagers are always tired, listless, thinking in their world, in late and carefree.