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Vocation Poem Q&A by Tagore

The document discusses a poem titled 'Vocation' by Rabindranath Tagore, where a child expresses a desire to be a hawker, gardener, or watchman, believing they lead wonderful lives. It includes questions and answers about the speaker, the figures of speech used in the poem, and the child's wishes. The poem features personification and simile to convey its themes.

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Vocation Poem Q&A by Tagore

The document discusses a poem titled 'Vocation' by Rabindranath Tagore, where a child expresses a desire to be a hawker, gardener, or watchman, believing they lead wonderful lives. It includes questions and answers about the speaker, the figures of speech used in the poem, and the child's wishes. The poem features personification and simile to convey its themes.

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Vocation

Question & Answer


Q1. Who is the speaker in the poem? Who are the people
the speaker meets? What are they doing?
Ans. The speaker is a going child. The child met a hawker, a
gardener and a watchman. All of them were busy in their
vocation.
Q2. 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.
Ans. The lines which tell us
 I wish I were a hawker.
 I wish I were a gardener.
 I wish I were a watchman.
The child wishes to be a hawker, a gardener and a
watchman because he\she thinks that they have a
wonderful life. In order to enjoy his/her life, the child
makes more wishes.

RTC
“The lane is dark and lonely, and the street. The lamp stands
like a giant with one red eye in its head.”
Q1. Name the poem and the poet.
Ans. The poem is vocation and the poet is Rabindranath
Tagore.
Q2. Which figure of speech is used in the first and where?

lane lon
ely
Personifi
cation
Alliterati
on
Q3. Which figure of speech is used in the second line?
Ans. Lamp stands like a giant.

Simile

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