NCERT Solutions for Class 6 English Poem 7 – Vocation
Discover the latest addition to the world of poetry in the prescribed book, "Honeysuckle," by NCERT. Chapter 7 introduces the captivating poem, "Vocation," providing students with a literary experience that transcends the ordinary. Orchid, The International School, presents meticulously crafted NCERT Solutions for Class 6 English Honeysuckle Chapter 8. Our seasoned faculty members have curated comprehensive notes to enhance students' understanding of the poem's summary, analysis, and theme. These invaluable resources are designed to facilitate effective exam preparation. Elevate your learning experience by downloading and referencing these NCERT Solutions today.
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Vocation
Your partner and you may now be able to answer these questions.
(i) Who is the speaker in the poem? Who are the people the speaker meets? What are they doing?
(ii) What wishes does the child in the poem make? Why does the child want to be a hawker, a gardener, or a watchman? Pick out the lines in each stanza, which tell us this.
(iii) From the way the child envies the hawker, the gardener and the watchman, we can guess that there are many things the child has to do, or must not do. Make a list of the do’s and don’ts that the child doesn’t like. The first line is done for you.
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The Child Must |
The Child Must Not |
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Come home at a fixed time |
Get his clothes dirty in the dust |
(i) The speaker in the poem is a little school-going child. In the poem, he meets three people- a hawker, a gardener and a watchman. He observed all three of them and saw that the hawker was selling bangles and was saying “Bangles, crystal bangles!” while selling. While returning from school, he saw a gardener, who was digging the ground. At night, when it got dark and his mother sent him to bed, he saw the watchman walking up and down, through his window.
(ii) The child in the poem wishes to lead his life as per his wish because being a child, he cannot do as he wishes. He has to follow particular rules which he does not like.
The child in the poem wants to be a hawker, a gardener, and a watchman. It is so because when he looks at the hawker, he wishes that he could also spend his day on the road crying “Bangles, crystal bangles!”. He feels that the hawker is in no hurry for anything. He can take any road he wishes; can go to any place he wants and have no fixed time to return home. Such freedom cannot be exercised by him as a child, and so he wishes to be a hawker so that he could do all these things. Next, he wishes to be a gardener because a gardener can do anything he likes with his spade. He can soil his clothes with dust. No one will scold him if he gets baked in the sun or gets wet. Therefore, to be able to dig anytime and do what he wants, the child if the little child wishes that he could be a gardener. Finally, when he sees the watchman, he wants to be like him so that he can roam around in the streets at night. He will be able to walk through dark and lonely streets all night with his lantern and chase shadows. This wish emerges when he is put to bed and is not allowed to roam outside by his mother. He even wonders that the watchman had never even once gone to bed in his entire life. Therefore, he wants to be a hawker, a gardener, and a watchman so that he will be able to do these things which are not possible for a little child like him to do.
(iii)
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The Child Must |
The Child Must Not |
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Come home at a fixed time |
Get his clothes dirty in the dust |
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Go to bed on time, when it got dark |
Get baked in the sun or get wet |
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Go to school every day |
Walk on dark and lonely street at night |
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