The Children March

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"The Children March"
by Elizabeth Riddell
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
PublisherAustralian Poetry 1943 edited by H. M. Green
Publication date1944

"The Children March" is a poem by Australian poet Elizabeth Riddell. [1]

Contents

It was first published in Australian Poetry 1943 edited by H. M. Green [2] in 1944, and later in several of the author's poetry collections and a number of other Australian poetry anthologies.

Outline

The poem begins "The children of the world are on the march" referring to all children everywhere losing their innocence and their childhoods due to the war. The poem was written during World War II.

Critical reception

In his commentary on the poem in 60 Classic Australian Poems Geoff Page noted “'The Children March' is not especially typical of Riddell's poetry; it is an example of her craftsmanship at its best and a poem of powerful emotional impact"'. [3]

Further publications

After its initial publication in the Australian Poetry 1943 anthology in 1944, the poem was reprinted as follows:

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References

  1. ↑ ""The Children March" by Elizabeth Riddell". Austlit. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
  2. ↑ "Australian Poetry 1943 edited by H. M. Green". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
  3. ↑ 60 Classic Australian Poems edited by Geoff Page, University of NSW Press, 2009, pp80-83
  4. ↑ "Forbears by Elizabeth Riddell". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
  5. ↑ "We Took Their Orders and Are Dead : An Anti-War Anthology edited by Shirley Cass, Ros Cheney, David Malouf, and Michael Wilding". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
  6. ↑ "The Collins Book of Australian Poetry edited by Rodney Hall". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
  7. ↑ "Selected Poems by Elizabeth Riddell". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
  8. ↑ "60 Classic Australian Poems edited by Geoff Page". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
  9. ↑ "The Puncher & Wattmann Anthology of Australian Poetry edited by John Leonard". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
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