For my project I looked at the following poem "Tiny Feet" by Gabriela Mistral. The full poem is here:
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/tiny-feet/

Gabriela Mistral (1889-1957), pseudonym for Lucila Godoy y Alcayaga, was born in Vicuña, Chile. The daughter of a poet, she began to write poetry as a village schoolteacher after a passionate romance with a railway employee who committed suicide. She taught elementary and secondary school for many years until her poetry made her famous. She played an important role in the educational systems of Mexico and Chile, was active in cultural committees of the League of Nations, and was Chilean consul in Naples, Madrid, and Lisbon. She held honorary degrees from the Universities of Florence and Guatemala and was an honorary member of various cultural societies in Chile as well as in the United States, Spain, and Cuba. 

The speaker in the poem obviously has a connection to children. The speaker is speaking to children but the message is supposed to get to everyone. The speaker is talking about a child's feet and how precious they are. But how could people see them and not want to protect them and cherish them. Also how the "feet" of children are abused and that man is blind and ignore them. But children are courageous and they bring light and happiness.

"A blossom of bright light" the speaker is speaking figuratively about how the child is a bright light wherever they go. The speaker is using imagery to describe it. "Tiny wounded feet" I don't believe that the speaker is literally talking about actual child's feet. I think it represents abuse against children. "Your bleeding little soles a redolent tuberose grows", when the speaker talks about a tuberose growing from a child feet it's not actually a real rose the speaker is speaking in a figurative language. The impact they have gives the poem more feel and helps to actually imagine tiny child's feet actually representing a real life problem. The poem doesn't state the issue clearly but using the language it get's across a message.

The tone of the poem is desperate, pleading, and a certain sadness. The speaker is upset that a tiny child could go unnoticed by people. That a child is being abused and obviously the speaker has feelings toward this issue.

I believe the theme of the poem isn't literally about child's feet. I think the feet represent like abuse of children. If I were to choose a theme about the poem it would be that people should notice more the real problem. This poem calls the people's attention to protect and give importance to children. They are the most vulnerable member of the society and as older people, we are responsible for giving them shelter, security and support. I think the poem is speaking about child prostitution.

The poem is broken down into 5 stanza's and the length of each stanza is different. And at the 1st, 3rd, and 5th stanza's of the poem the speakers stresses the fact that people are ignorant of the child and that they do not see. In the 2nd and 4th stanza it's describing the beat up feet and how they yet still walk courageously. The placement of each stanza in the poem I believe directly effects the meaning of the poem. Throughout you can see that the speaker is stressing the fact that people are ignorant. That exposes the author's purpose, to inform about the issue. The placement affects the mood of the poem also, by reemphasizing the abuse and how people are ignorant is portrays more sadness.