Vocation (poem)
| Vocation | |
|---|---|
| by Rabindranath Tagore | |
| Original title | বিচিত্র সাধ |
| Translator | Unknown |
| First published in | 1909 |
| Country |  India |
| Language | Bengali |
| Subject(s) | Child thoughts |
| Publisher | Original - Unknown. Translated - Ratna Sagar P.Ltd. |
| Published in English | 2006 |
| Media type | Original - unknown. Translated - hardcover |
| Lines | Original - unknown Translated - 36 |
| Pages | Translated - 40-41 |
| ISBN | 81-8332-175-5 |
"Vocation" (Bengali: বিচিত্র সাধ) is a poem written by Rabindranath Tagore. It echoes a child's ever-changing dreams for the future, the search for a vocation.[1]
Plot
[edit]The poem describes a child's longing for the immense freedom he sees in the lives of those around him. When the gong sounds ten in the morning, he walks to his school and sees a great hawker crying "Bangles, crystal bangles!" and he wishes he could be a hawker. At four in the afternoon, while coming back from school, he sees a skillful gardener digging the ground and he wishes he were a gardener. When dusk falls his cruel mother sends him to bed and he sees an ever alert watchman through the window and he wishes he could be a watchman.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Macmillan Reference USA. USA: Macmillan. 1976. ISBN 978-0-02-865993-0.
- ^ Daruwalla, Keki N. (2006). Poetry Magic. Ratna Sagar P.Ltd. pp. 40–41. ISBN 81-8332-175-5.