Chivvy | English | Melody VII | Summary | Questions and Answers

 

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English | Melody VII

Poem 4. Chivvy (Michael Rosen)

Grown-ups say things like:

Speak up

Don’t talk with your mouth full

Don’t stare

Don’t point

Don’t pick your nose

 

Sit up

Say please

Less noise

Shut the door behind you

Don’t drag your feet

Haven’t you got a hankie?

Take your hands out of

your pockets

 

Pull your socks up

Stand up straight

Say thank you

Don’t interrupt

No one thinks you’re funny

Take your elbows off the table

 

Can’t you make your own

mind up about anything?

 

MICHAEL ROSEN

 

 

Short Summary

         The poem ‘Chivvy’ is written by Michael Rosen. He has expressed his situation when he was five years old. His mother always asked him to follow her instructions and prohibited him from doing anything wrong. Michael writes all his experiences in the form of a poem and relates the same to the children who face the same situation at this stage. Although his mother wanted him to be moderate in public he took it in another way. He says that, at times, grown-ups always instruct children to follow them and prohibit them from living in their own way. They say, don’t talk while eating, say please, thank you, sit, stand straight etc. At times they prohibit the children and at times, they ask them to make independent decisions.

 

 

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Working with the Poem

 

Question 1.

Discuss these questions in small groups before you answer them.

 

(i) When is a grown-up likely to say this?

Don’t talk with your mouth full.

 

Answer:

A grown-up is likely to say not to talk when he is eating and his mouth is full of something that he eats.

 

(ii) When are you likely to be told this?

Say, thank you.

 

Answer:

We are likely told to say thank you when someone helps us and offers something.

 

(iii) When do you think an adult would say this?

No one thinks you are funny.

 

Answer:

We think an adult would say that we are not funny when we are given an activity to perform and we feel shy or when we do some funny tricks or talk funny.

 

Question 2.

The last two lines of the poem are not prohibitions or instructions. What is the adult now asking the child to do? Do you think the poet is suggesting that this is unreasonable? Why?

 

Answer:

Yes, the last two lines are neither prohibitions nor instructions. The adult is now asking children to make independent decisions. Yes, this may be unreasonable in the poet’s suggestion because all the time the adults instruct children to follow them and suddenly, they ask them to take their decisions.

 

Question 3.

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?

 

Answer:

The kind of things mentioned in the poem are important for children because these things guide them to differentiate between right and wrong. It is important to teach children good manners and how to behave in public because they will only be respected when they are well-mannered.

 

Question 4.

If you had to make some rules for grown-ups to follow, what would you say? Make at least five such rules. Arrange the lines as in a poem.

 

Answer:

Don’t shout at children.

Don’t beat them.

Don’t use your mobile while eating.

Don’t use abusive language for anyone.

Spend more time with pets and children.

Don’t stop children from playing.