One Boy Told Me Analysis

Naomi Shihab Nye’s “One Boy Told Me” scrutinizes the world through the eyes of a toddler. “One Boy Told Me” consists of words and phrases spoken by the author’s son over a two-year span; from these words, Nye wove a poem. The speaker is a two-year old boy, whose world is constantly evolving, developing in ways adults forget to imagine possible. “Kids say the darndest things”, and partly this is because small children say exactly what they are thinking. Toddlers do not know what lying is, or how not saying everything you think is beneficial. Overall as a culture we believe the minds of youths are astounding; sometimes what they say amazes us and others we balk at the impossibilities they speak. Children’s minds are more creative than the average fully-grown adult, therefore they approach situations with innovation the “real world” hardly sees. In some forms they ask …show more content…
Loving a person with every ounce of oneself is possible, but that does not mean every aspect of their personality is enchanting. Love is an extreme emotion, and therefore can be fickle. To love someone and not love them in the same breath is a complexity of human lives; we love them for how the individual cares for us, but we do not love them for their harsh temper. “One Boy Told Me” at first glance is just a funny poem; however, first impressions are often deceiving. One couplet can cause readers to develop silent smiles while laughing to themselves, and the couplet directly after cause the brows furrow. The speaker has nothing to gain from the poem and no agenda to accomplish, everything he tells readers is simply the truth in his eyes. The boy gives us a chance, to see ourselves as children see adults, and possibly alter our behavior or thoughts. Never the less expanding the horizon of our