In the poem, ‘The Player’s, the poet uses contrast as a technique to show how fragile and ego-centric the perspective of an adult is when compared to a child’s view of life.  ‘The sportive child’ who wonders ‘where did my castle go?’ while playing at sea with sand, contrasts sharply with the clever, ambitious man whose life is well–planned, leaving nothing to chance. But what does the adult player do, when he loses the game of chess?  Read on/ Listen in …