Where Children Live By Naomi Shihab Nye Analysis
“Where Children Live” by Naomi Shihab Nye describes children as they grow and create their identity. Nye creates many pictures of places where children play. The pictures also portray images of activities children commonly do. The speaker is a grown person who has gone through the cycle of child to growing into identity.
The speaker begins by mentioning home to be a “pleasant rumpledness,” creating a tone of comfort and coziness (line 1), which is the view most children have in their mind when they think of home. Children usually don't clean up after themselves and make the messes in the home, so the words “pleasant rumpledness” in the poem is a joyful mess, because when children play they make a mess while having fun. The words are positive,
The speaker begins by mentioning home to be a “pleasant rumpledness,” creating a tone of comfort and coziness (line 1), which is the view most children have in their mind when they think of home. Children usually don't clean up after themselves and make the messes in the home, so the words “pleasant rumpledness” in the poem is a joyful mess, because when children play they make a mess while having fun. The words are positive,