NCERT Solution for English class 6 Honeysukle Poem Vocation

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 WORKING WITH THE POEM

1. 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?
Answer:
A school boy speaks in the poem. He is too young to understand life and its needs. He meets three persons almost everyday. They are a hawker, a gardner and a watchman. The hawker sells glass bangles, the gardner digs the ground and the watchman walks up and down the street all night.

(ii) What wishes does the child in the poem make? Why does the child want to be a hawker, a gardner, or a watchman? Pick out the lines in each stanza, which tell us this.
Answer:
The child wishes to become a hawker so that he may go about freely. He wants to be gardner so as to dig the ground and not mind the hot sun or the rains. He finally wants to be a watchman so as to walk freely in the street. It is their freedom from checks and rebukes that he envies them.

(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.

The child must
  • come home at a fixed time
The child must not
  • get his clothes dirty in the dust
Answer:
The child must
  • come home at fixed time 
  • go to bed when it gets dark
  • go to school at 10 a.m.
  • stay at home at night
The child must not
  • get his clothes dirty in the dust.
  • wander in the street.
  • play when the sun is hot or its raining.
  • keep out of the house after dark.
Now add to the list your own complaints about the things you have to do, or must not do.
Answer:
  • Not watch TV for more than an hour.
  • Not to handle big implements.
  • Not to waste time and money.
  • Must learn lessons and do homework regularly.
(iv) Like the child in the poem, you perhaps have your own wishes for yourself. Talk to your friend, using "I wish I were..."
Answer:
I wish I were a bird to fly across the sky.
I wish I were a great leader or a singer.
I wish I had lots of money to spend.
I wish I should enjoy a journey by air.

2. Find out different kinds of work done by the people in your neighbourhood. Make different cards for different kinds of work. You can make the card colourful with pictures of the persons doing the work.
Answer:
The world is full of workers. They do different kinds of work. Some activities require great skills and experience, others only physical stamina. I see around me motor mechanics, bicycle repairers, plumbers, masons, physicians, poets and singers.

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