"Three or So"

Is that child in the snapshot me?
That little girl in the woollen dress
By a broken door in a tiny yard
She's shy and laughing and ready to run
And shielding her eyes from the morning sun.

I've forgotten the dress, and the colour of it
I've forgotten who took the photograph
I've forgotten the little girl, three or so
She's someone else now, to be wondered at
With my mother's eyes and my own child's hair
And my brother's smile, but the child who's there-----
The real soul of her------- fled long ago
To the alley-way where she mustn't go
Through the broken door in that tiny yard

Things that struck me:
1. When I first read this poem, what attracted my attention was the idea. I totally agree with the writer of this poem as I miss my childhood too.
2. I was struck by the writer's description. The writer's description is good and it has managed to get me to imagine the scence.
3. This poem sounds sad, which suits my preference of poems. It truly made me feel sad.
4. Just like me, the writer does not seem to be able to recognise her childhood self.
Sometimes I wonder how a person like me could be such a person when I was a little kid.
5. This 3 sentences attracted me the most are:
I've forgotten the dress, and the colour of it
I've forgotten who took the photograph
I've forgotten the little girl, three or so

It attracted me the most mainly because the word "forgotten" was repeated thrice.
6. The writer has successfully illustrated what a typical kid is like. Or rather, how we were when we were a little kid. The writer managed to instill the feelings and emotions into me, the reader.

List of all those things in the poem that force their attention on me or which catch my interest for some reason.

1. The poem started with a question. It sounded more interesting, like the writer was speaking and not so much of the writer describing everything.
2. "That little girl in the woollen dress
By a broken door in a tiny yard"
Right now, reading the poem, I can imagine how it is like. It is not odd as that is how the typical young girl is like.
3. I share the same sentiments as the writer.
4. "The real soul of her------- fled long ago"
This sentence struck me. I somehow feel that the writer is no longer so innocent.