'First Day of School' poem analysis and reflection

I think that the poem describes very well, how the little boy feels about his first day at school. For example, “All around, the railings. Are they to keep out wolves and monsters?” You can tell by the poem how curious and nervous the boy is because he didn’t have a clue about what school is like.

I notice that there is no negativity in the things the boy describes. He talks about monsters outside the railings, but he doesn’t sound like he is afraid of them. Everything is so new and different from what he came from. The boy was use to non-committal in kindergarten, so school is a whole new world, with noisy, older kids and a bell that rings all the time.

I think it is funny the part with the “Tea-cher”, because that’s where you really get the idea of what a six years old boy’s imagination is like. It is an innocent, childish and funny way of looking at the world. I think that no matter how close he lived to the school, he would still feel like he’s a millionbillionwillion miles from home, because it’s all about not knowing anything, not being on your home field.