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Class 6 Unit 7 Poem Vocation

The poem 'Vocation' by Rabindranath Tagore features a child speaker who envies the carefree lives of a hawker, gardener, and watchman, each engaged in their respective vocations without restrictions. The child longs for freedom from the strict controls imposed by his family, perceiving the lives of these workers as more interesting and fulfilling. The poem highlights the contrast between the child's constrained existence and the perceived liberty of those who follow their own paths.

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Class 6 Unit 7 Poem Vocation

The poem 'Vocation' by Rabindranath Tagore features a child speaker who envies the carefree lives of a hawker, gardener, and watchman, each engaged in their respective vocations without restrictions. The child longs for freedom from the strict controls imposed by his family, perceiving the lives of these workers as more interesting and fulfilling. The poem highlights the contrast between the child's constrained existence and the perceived liberty of those who follow their own paths.

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Unit 7 Poem

Vocation
Poet : Rabindranath Tagore

I. Answer the following :


(1) Who is the speaker in the poem? Who are the
people the speaker meets? What are they doing?

Answer: The speaker is a little school-going child,


who does not know what life is and what are exact
vocations one should follow, is the speaker of this poem.
First he met a hawker, then a gardener and lastly the
watchman. The hawker was selling bangles, the gardener
was digging the ground and watchman was keeping a
watch in the street at night walking up and down.

2. What sort of life does the child wish for?

Answer : The child wishes for a carefree life with no


restrictions like that of a hawker, a gardener or a
watchman who don’t have to bother about returning
home on time, or getting scolded for soiling clothes, or
going to bed.

3. What was the activity of the watchman?

Answer :The activity of the watchman was he used to


walk on the dark and lonely lane with his lantern in his
hand. He was following his shadow at one side according
to the child. He never went to bed in his life.

4. What did the child say about the hawker in the


street?
Answer : The child said that the hawker in the that
street was not in a hurry. There was no fixed time for
him to return to his home or no specific road he must go
on.

5. What is the life style led by the hawker, the


watchman and the gardener?

Answer : The hawker the watchman and the gardener


are doing their vocational duties. They are leading their
life the way they want to. There are no restrictions on
them. They are leading a free lip.

II. Explain the following lines in your own words:

(a) Nobody takes him to task, if he gets baked in the


sun or gets wet.

Answer : The poet means to say that nobody scolds the


gardener for soiling his clothes, or sitting in the sun,
digging the soil or getting wet in the rain.

(b) Chasing the shadows with my lantern.

Answer :When the watchman walks swinging his


lantern, the shadows fall by his side and appear to walk
with him. The watchman seems to be following the
shadow.

III. Answer in Detail :

1. Why did the child think that the life of others is


interesting?

Answer : The child thought other’s life more interesting


because he was under strict control of his family. He was
not allowed to move anywhere at his will and return
home according to his own will. He was fed up with his
life due to the restrictions imposed on him. He did not
like these restrictions. It was his thinking that the
hawker, gardener and watchman were very happy as
they could do things at their own wish. They could go
anywhere at any time without any restrictions. This is
the reason why the child wanted to exchange his life with
that of the hawker, the gardener and the watchman to
become free from the restrictions.

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