Summary Of Once Upon A Time By Gabriel Okara

Innocence is the purest characteristic in our world, and also the hardest thing to obtain, especially as you age up, it vanishes and slowly turns you into the opposite person you desire to become. For some of the popularity, their childhood was a time filled with laughter and great happiness; for the others, their childhood was miserable and depressive. The following six poems expressed the different feelings the poets had about their childhood, as well as their hope for their children.
"Once upon a Time" by Gabriel Okara, who uses his poem to comment on society through a monologue from a father to a son. It deplores the loss of innocence in the transition from child to adult and the ambition of the father to return to his euphoric childhood. Alternatively, the poet could also be remembering his childhood through the eyes of a child, when he was too young to understand why people behave in certain ways. He recalled that in the old days, people used to be honest and expressive with their feelings, with "laughter that reached their eyes". There is a Chinese saying that "The eye is the window to the soul." Nevertheless, now they use fake smiles to distance away from others. He restated that there was a period when relationships were based on collective respect and geniality. However, now, people form friendships and relationships only if they can benefit from them, which results in a cold world without any depth of feeling. Other than the contrast of the past and the present,