Question

Type 4 Long answer type questions,
Q1. What wishes does the child in the poem make? ​

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

Child wants to enjoy the same freedom as do the hawker, the gardener and watchman. He wants to do what he likes. The child wants to be a hawker, a gardener or a watchman because he watches these people and realise that they are free to do what they like.

Lines that shows from the poem:

• I wish I were a hawker, spending my day in the road, crying, “Bangles, crystal bangles!”

• I wish I were a gardener digging away at the garden with nobody to stop me from digging.

• I wish I were a watchman walking the street all night, chasing the shadows with my lantern.

Answer 2

Answer:

Type 4 Long answer type questions,

Q1. What wishes does the child in the poem make?