Through a child's recitation, I think the meaning of Longfellow's poem; "The Children's Hour" would be a little different. This would be a poem that a child would pick to recite because it has a constant rhyme scheme and it is also a little shorter in length. The length would matter to a child, if they were able to pick what they could recite, because it is less to remember.

This poem would be initially enticing to a child because it mentions children in the title. It would be equally enticing because it contains a rhyme scheme that could easily be made "sing song" by a child. This "sing song" quality would also make it easier for the child to remember, thus making recitation easier. I think a child could relate to some of the lines like, "I hear in the chamber above me/The patter of little...