CBSE Class 11 · English · Hornbill / Snapshots
Childhood
Chapter summary, hard words and model exam answers for Class 11 English.
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About the author
Markus Natten (poem). The speaker asks when childhood ended - was it when he realised adults were hypocritical, geography showed heaven and hell were not places, or mind became his own?
Summary
When did my childhood go? - the poem searches for a moment.
When did my childhood go? - the poem searches for a moment.
They preached love but did not act lovingly - childhood doubt began.
They preached love but did not act lovingly - childhood doubt began.
Heaven and hell could not be found on the map - belief shifted.
Heaven and hell could not be found on the map - belief shifted.
He discovered his thoughts were his own, not borrowed from others.
He discovered his thoughts were his own, not borrowed from others.
Childhood ended somewhere - perhaps all these moments together.
Childhood ended somewhere - perhaps all these moments together.
Hard words & meanings
| hypocrisy | saying one thing, doing another |
| innocence | childlike purity |
| preached | taught morally |
| individuality | being oneself |
| disillusionment | loss of belief |
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