In Hughes’ poems, I think he has a strong connection with time. He talks about winter in one poem and them Spring in another, and then Autumn in another. Also, in his poems “Winter Moon”, he talks about how “sharp” the moon is and I found that kind of interesting. How can a moon be sharp? It’s round in shape to the naked eye and doesn’t look to have any edges. As far as children goes, they probably will only link the moon with “round” rather than “sharp.” Hughes also says that we need to hold onto our dreams in his “Dreams” poem because once they are gone, are life will seem as if its missing something. In a way I think he is trying to tell children to cherish what they have now and to indulge in their imaginations because once they grow older as time passes by, shown by the seasons changing, they will no longer have the luxury of indulging in their imaginations and will be forced to face reality and lose their dreams. The idea of children growing older and having to face reality rather than indulge in their dreams is further supported in his “After Many Springs” poem. In this poem, he says that he cannot find the fairies anymore and wonders if he is “too old to see the fairies dance.” So that is to say, if children cannot cherish their dreams now and let loose their imaginations, as time goes by, and they lose their luxury to these dreams and fantasies, they will feel as if a part of them is missing and their life wouldn’t feel complete so it’s better for them to cherish all of that when they can.