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Vocation

CBSE · Class 5 · English

Quick revision notes for Vocation — CBSE Class 5 English. Key concepts, formulas, and definitions for last-minute revision.

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1

About the Poem and Poet

  • The poem 'Vocation' is written by Rabindranath Tagore, India's famous Nobel Prize winner
  • The poem has three stanzas, each describing a different time of day and a different worker
  • The speaker is a young school-going child who observes different workers
2

Poem Structure and Analysis

  • Stanza 1: Morning at 10 AM - Child meets the hawker selling bangles
  • Stanza 2: Afternoon at 4 PM - Child sees the gardener digging in the garden
  • Stanza 3: Evening when it gets dark - Child observes the watchman with his lantern
3

Literary Devices and Language

  • Simile: 'street-lamp stands like a giant with one red eye in its head'
  • Repetition: Each stanza ends with 'I wish I were...'
  • Imagery: Vivid descriptions of each worker and their environment
4

Grammar Focus

  • Subject-verb agreement: 'I has' should be 'I have'
  • Prepositions: 'goes for school' should be 'goes to school'
  • Comparative forms: 'fast than' should be 'faster than'

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Key Concepts

A vocation means a person's jobThe child in the poem admiresThe poem is structured aroundTagore uses vivid descriptions like 'street

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