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Abstract
Under the heading, ”A Critical Study of Children’s Poetry: Theme and Technique,” the thesis presents a framework of children’s poetry that can help those who are concerned with such an interesting field such as teachers, parents, librarians, writers, critics, and children themselves to make their own personal choices of poetry.
The thesis is comprised of three chapters, besides an introduction and a conclusion. The introduction highlights a general survey of children’s poetry, definitions, poets, ages, types, features, and characteristics, all relating to the interesting genre called children’s poetry. The first two chapters highlight the importance and contributions in children’s poetry of two major poets: the British Poet Laureate, Ted Hughes and the American Children’s Poet Laureate, Jack Prelutsky, respectively. The third and last chapter focuses on children as poets.
The critical framework that is used to discuss children’s poetry is based on two keywords, theme and technique, in an analytical reading for children’s poetry, taking a close look at the content of individual poems written by Ted Hughes, Jack Prelutsky, and some talented young child poets.
Throughout the thesis, Hughes’s poetry for children is presented as a unique experience against the background of his writing for adults, as he is not essentially a child’s poet, while Prelutsky is traced as an exemplar of a poet who is specialized only in children’s literature; a poet who devoted his career to writing poetry for children. A comparison between Hughes and Prelutsky is presented by the end of the second chapter, shedding light on the elements of divergence and convergence between the two poets relating to their poetry for children. In addition, to make it all about children’s poetry, some experiences of children as poets are considered also in the last chapter of the thesis. Finally, this thesis ends with a conclusion that summarizes the previous study, exposes the findings of the research, presents the limitations of the current study, and suggests ideas for further study. An annotated bibliography of the used and recommended references ends the thesis.