Arms and the Boy The title alludes to the opening words of Virgil's Latin epic poem the "Aeneid": "Arma virumque cano" ("Of arms and the man I sing"). The poem is written in heroic couplets, in which successive pairs of lines have related ending sounds. In this instance, the final words do not rhyme; for example, "blade" and "blood" in the quotation. This is a scheme called half rhyme. Text of the Poem at Poetry Foundation Arms and the Boy "Arms and the Boy" is a poem by Wilfred Owen. Like Owen's other famous poems, it deals with the atrocities of World War I;
The Boy Who Climbed Into the Moon Media", and "The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books". The Boy Who Climbed Into the Moon The Boy Who Climbed Into the Moon is a 2010 children's novel by David Almond. It is about a boy, Paul, who wants to touch the sky; he then climbs a ladder to the Moon and goes inside. A "Booktrust" review of "The Boy Who Climbed Into the Moon" wrote "Beautiful colour illustrations complement a surreal modern fairytale, which fluent young readers will enjoy on their own but which could equally well be read aloud." and in a starred review "Kirkus Reviews" wrote