Analysis on poem - children in the darkness

POINT OF VIEW - A 3rd person's
Edvidence - The poet is talking about 'them' which referred to the children and how they have 'no light'
Elaboration - Being a 3rd person, the poet wants to convey the message to people around the world on how pitiful these children were, abused since young, they were forced to fight wars instead of studying in schools

SITUATION AND SETTING - Pitiful children in a third world country
Edvidence - 'children in the darkness' and 'war consume them'
Elaboration - These phrases meant that there was a war going on and these children have to take the hard path and fight a war for the cruel leaders. Instead of studying in schools, these pitiful children are being brainwashed to fight a war/

LANGUAGE/DICTION - Metaphors etc
Edvidence - 'Light'
Elaboration - The 'light' in the poem did not meant the lightbulb kind of light. It refers to the children's future. The bad people have ruined the childrens future, surrounding them with 'darkness'. The poet wrote the poem with a touching tone that want readers to pity these children

PERSONAL RESPONSE -
Edvidence - I feel touched and relate these events with the current world
Elaboration - This poem evoked feelings in me, unable to lead a normal life like us kids, these children have been brainwashed to fight wars. But we are unable to anything about it. Comparing these children to countries around Libya, the situation is the same. Suffering children