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Half past two

Once upon a schooltime

He did Something Very Wrong

(I forget what it was). 

And She said he’d done 

Something Very Wrong, and must 

Stay in the school-room till half-past two.

 (Being cross, she’d forgotten 

She hadn’t taught him Time.

He was too scared at being wicked to remind her.) 

He knew a lot of time: he knew 

Gettinguptime, timeyouwereofftime, 

Timetogohomenowtime, TVtime, 

Timeformykisstime

 (that was Grantime). 

All the important times he knew, 

But not half-past two. 

He knew the clockface, the little eyes 

And two long legs for walking, 

But he couldn’t click its language, 

So he waited, beyond onceupona, 

Out of reach of all the timefors, 

And knew he’d escaped for ever

 Into the smell of old chrysanthemums on 

Her desk, 

Into the silent noise his hangnail made,

 Into the air outside the window, into ever. 

And then, My goodness, she said, 

Scuttling in, I forgot all about you. 

Run along or you’ll be late.

o she slotted him back into schooltime, 

And he got home in time for teatime, 

Nexttime, notimeforthatnowtime,

But he never forgot how once by not knowing time, 

He escaped into the clockless land for ever, 

Where time hides tick-less waiting to be born.

诗歌的作者是Ursula Fanthorpe，毕业于牛津大学，曾是儿童心脑血管医生，后专注于诗歌创作。作为儿童医生，她亲眼目睹过很多患有心理和身体疾病的学员，深切体会到他们的痛苦，这样的经历也成为诗歌创作的绝大部分主题。

本首诗歌共11小节，每小节3行（triplets），整首诗歌属于free verse，降低复杂性，从学员的角度和理解度来创作。

l 内容：从标注的灰色阴影内容来看，我们可以判断出故事发生在学员和导师之前。学员因为做错了事情被detention，因为不知道时间而又不敢提示导师时间，学员内心充满了恐惧和未知。

l 语言：诗歌语言简单易懂，用了一般过去时态好像在讲述一个故事，娓娓道来，用词简单，大多是单音节或双音节词语。

l 手法：

Repetition：文章标红的单词反复出现过很多次，强调学员做错了事情，被detention

Enjambment: 标蓝色的单词都以time为结尾，跨行连续，同时单词之间没有空格，几个单词连在一起不间断

Personification：标黄的语句运用了拟人的修辞手法，表明了学员对事物的天真认知，体现出学员的无知和可爱

Alliteration: 标绿色的单词运用了押头韵的手法，以into开头，语句整齐，有气势

Third-person narration：划线语句运用了第三人称的描述手法，第三人称的运用体现了客观真实性，诗人像一个旁观者一样目睹发生的一切，用讲故事的方法告诉读者。