"The Golf Links"

1. Golf Links: a "links" is the oldest type of golf course; typically found near coastlines or "links" between land and sea.

2. Sarah N. Cleghorn: A female poet of some note, born in Virginia in 1876, and, most notably, recognized publicly by Robert Frost as a poet of import

This poem is a clever juxtaposition that, at first, seems to be merely a comment on child labor. However, when one examines the switched roles of the men and the children as 'switched' rather than depressing, he or she is able to see a second comment on the role of children and of men in society and how that role is changing. Being a rather short poem, this is subject to a rather short analysis. However, the impact is truly one of thought-provoking brilliance. The use of the archaic term "golf links" is undoubtedly due to the era in which the writing occurred. This poem, most impressively, ended very simply and without call to action. The world is as it is, and Cleghorn seemed to want to leave it that way--up to interpretation. And so I will leave this.