-> freedom - happiness - youth - innocence
-> vibrant
"over chapels, over chimney-pots" -> over the people
About a child who owns a red balloon that others dislike and want to destroy so the boy hides inside away from them -> Abse is standing out - has the ownership of a possession he cares for - relates to his religion of being a jew
"til it shone like living blood" -> connotations of violence and death -> reference to the red balloon and how he is considered an outcast over his religion
"it was my sham, it was my joy" -> oxymoron - confused - like being different but doesn't fit in
"it cased to be a toy" -> not a game - he takes it seriously
"soared higher like a happiness towards the dark blue sky" -> religion makes him happy but leads to terror and argument
"I boasted of my unique, my only precious" -> too proud of his beliefs/values?
"It's a Jew's balloon" -> look down - frown upon his religion
"it would not burst" -> strong - he fights for his beliefs
"laughed", "cursed", "lunged" and "clawed" -> violent actions - mocking
"bled my nose, cute my eye" -> beliefs destroys himself - gets attacked for his opinions -> references to blood which is red back to the red balloon and how he is interacted with through violence against him and his religion
"Give up", "I don't know exactly why" -> doesn't understand why he should let them get what they want -> prevent him from having a voice and celebrating his religion and what he believes
"brash boys" -> alliteration
"insult my faith and steal my red balloon" -> he's proud of his faith/beliefs - he deserves to have a voice
Links to Larkin's 'Water' and Abse's 'Quests' through faith/religion/beliefs
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