Vocation (poem)

Vocation
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

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"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

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

^ 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.

[1] Macmillan Reference USA. USA: Macmillan. 1976. ISBN 978-0-02-865993-0.

[2] Daruwalla, Keki N. (2006). Poetry Magic. Ratna Sagar P.Ltd. pp. 40–41. ISBN 81-8332-175-5.

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