Chapter 9 - Vocation · Class 5 English
Practise 8 short and long answer questions on Vocation from Chapter 9 - Vocation. Try writing your own answer first, then tap the question to compare it with the model answer and read the explanation behind it.
The speaker is a child who observes people at work during the day.
The speaker describes seeing a hawker, a gardener and a watchman.
The speaker admires the hawker’s freedom because nobody seems to hurry him or dictate where he must go.
The first part of the poem explains the child’s attraction to the hawker’s independent routine.
The speaker likes that the gardener works as he wishes and is not stopped when he gets dirty or works in the sun or rain.
The poem presents the gardener as free to continue his work.
The street-lamp is compared to a giant with one red eye in its head.
This image appears in the watchman section of the poem.
The speaker meets the hawker in the morning, sees the gardener while returning from school in the afternoon, and watches the watchman in the evening.
The poem arranges the three observations across the day.
The child notices the freedom and independence associated with each worker’s routine and imagines having that freedom.
The wishes reveal what attracts the speaker to the three jobs.
He walks up and down the dark lane, swinging his lantern and chasing shadows.
The poem describes his movement and lantern in the evening scene.
The child follows school and bedtime routines, while imagining that the hawker, gardener and watchman can continue their work more freely.
The contrast is created through the child’s repeated wish to do each job.