Who wrote the chivvy poem
Answers
Answer:
Michael Rosen
The poem 'Chivvy' has been composed by the poet 'Michael Rosen'.
Short Questions
Q1. Why are the instructions given?
Ans: So that they may learn good manners.
Q2. Who have the habit of always instructing the child?
Ans: Grown-ups.
Q3. How far are the instructions liked by the children?
Ans: They are not liked by most children.
Q4. Do you have a hankie?
Ans: Yes
Q5. It is good manners to keep your hand inside the pocket?
Ans: No
Q6. Do you think the adults should stop instructions the children?
Ans: No, the adults must instruct the children but they should do so in a pleased way.
Key Points
Grown-ups have a habit of always instructing the child.
They ask him to do something or not to do something else.
They do so mostly to teach children good manners.
Yet the truth is that most children don’t like it.
Summary
The poem ‘Chivvy’ has been composed by the poet ‘Michael Rosen’. The present poem deals with the feelings of the poet like other small kids who feel irritated by their elders who always instruct them to do or not to do. The grown-ups always say things like ‘speak up’, ‘don’t stare’, ‘don’t point’, ‘don’t pick your nose’, ‘sit up’, ‘say please’, ‘less noise’ etc. The poet leaves a question to elders why can’t they keep their suggestions to themselves.
Answers of the Textbook Questions
Q1. The last two lines of the poem are not prohibitions or instruction. What is the adult now asking the child to do? Do you think the poet is suggesting that this is unreasonable? Why?
Ans: In the last two lines, the adults are asking the child to think himself and to be independent in taking decisions which is unreasonable because they themselves don’t allow the child to take any decision. They always tell him what to do or what not to do. So, their asking the child to make up his own mind is surely unreasonable.
Q2. Why do you think grown-ups say the kind of things mentioned in the poem? Is it important that they teach children good manners, and how to behave in public?
Ans: The grown-ups say such kind of things to their children in order to teach them good manners, etiquettes and how to behave in public. It is important to teach the children all these things so that they learn good manners and how to behave in the society, at home and with their elders and youngsters. Our elders are our guide and friends.
Q3. If you had to make some rules for grown-ups to follow, what would you say? Make at least five such rules.
Ans: If we have to make some rules for grown-ups to follow, we would say:
Don’t stop us from playing,
Don’t ask us to study,
Allow us to watch T.V.,
Take us for outings,
Above all,
Don’t Chivvy.
The poem 'Chivvy' is written by 'Michael Rosen.'