connection between the adults, who are bogged down with the knowledge of danger and the compulsion to work, and the "motionless" sky. Through these contrasts, Tagore presents the innocence of children and the jaded nature of adulthood.

In this poem, Tagore seems to celebrate the universality of children's innocence and joy. The children come together from "endless worlds" to this figurative seashore ,where they can "shout and dance" and where they can "play" and be children. They make boats and "smilingly float them on the vast deep." The children cannot swim and do not know how to catch fish or dive for pearls or steer merchant ships. They "seek not for hidden treasures" but, rather, revel in the treasures of happiness and innocence to which they enjoy such access. The children are unaware of death, symbolized by the "Death-dealing waves" that "sing meaningless ballads" to them; the songs are meaningless because the children do not know of and so cannot fear death yet. There are "Tempest[s]" about, while "ships are wrecked" in the water, and "death is abroad," but, still, the children go on playing, because they are young and innocent and free from the cares of the wider world.

As with all poetry explication, if there are specific items that must be included, I would reference that more than anything else.  This should be your guide in forming your summary.  The basic idea of the poem is to articulate a world that is vastly different from what is.  In this idea, Tagore seeks to take the inescapable sadness and harsh conditions of consciousness and supplant them with an image that allows individuals to transform what is into what can or should be.  The opening thoughts of the poem help to bring this into light.  Tagore describes a condition whereby children meet “on the seashores of endless worlds.”  In expanding this vision with a description of nature and children’s joys, Tagore is able to construct a particular setting where there is a certain level of joy and bliss.  This is continued with Tagore’ explanation of how children play and the “smilingly” manner they do so, reflecting purity and a sense of perfect contentment.  There is an innocence to them that Tagore describes in how the children are different than the adults in the world.  Yet, the latter half of the poem reflects something more ominous, a condition in the world where natural destruction is evident.  The children fail to recognize the “death- dealing waves” or the composition of the sky.  While “the tempest” is evident, the children still smile and revel in their innocence.  The ending of the poem, thus, that repeats the first line brings to light how children’s joy of life is cast against the natural conditions that takes life from all.  Tagore’s own condition is the first inspiration I see here.  From a child who lost his mother at an early age to a young father who sees multiple children die from different ailments, along with his wife succumbing to death, it seems that Tagore is trying to reconcile the love of life that can be found in the hearth and the love of another with the seemingly cold cruelty of a state of being where death and loss are so prevalent.