You 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 DOs and DON’Ts that the child doesn’t like. The first line is done for you. The child must The child must not Come home at a fixed time. Get his clothes dirty in the dust. __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ Now add to the list your own complaints about the things you have to do, or must not do.