Poem analysis

This poem truly captures what everyone goes through when they turn 10 years old. It is viewed as being the first time you are a “big kid” with more responsibility than ever before; the yearning for the simpler years, the years where they could pretend to be a super hero instead of having chores. One of the most effective lines in the poem is when the author says that turning 10 is the first “big number.” Almost everyone probably thinks of it the exact same way. I cannot relate to this, however, as I was looking forward to getting older.