Critical Analysis of LITTLE BOY CRYING by Mervyn Morris | A DEADLY CSEC POEM

Let’s do an analysis of “Little Boy Crying” by Mervyn Morris. “Little Boy Crying” is certainly one of the more interesting (and modern CSEC poems). We will look at the poetic devices and dig into the poem’s meaning.

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0:00 Intro to the Poem
0:48 Reading the Poem
1:57 Title
2:41 Form and Structure
3:09 Lines 1-2
5:44 Lines 3-4
6:54 Lines 4-5
9:30 Lines 6-7
11:55 Lines 8-9
13:59 Lines 10-11
14:42 Lines 11-13
15:03 Lines 14-16
16:28 Lines 17-19
17:02 Line 20