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 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 "Roald Dahl meets Antoine de Saint-Exupéry in this delightfully improbable