Chivvy Poem Summary
Michael Wayne Rosen (1946) is a children's novelist and poet in the English language. He served as Children's Laureate, a political columnist. He contributed to children's novels and poetry.
The poem presents the contradictory behavior of parents and other elders, who reprimand for wrongdoings. They often talk about "no" and expect children to be positive and optimistic.
However, the norms of society often restrict the natural tendency of children to make a decent and cultured person. The poet's purpose is not to preach but to examine the rude behavior of adults.
The poet discusses the opposite expectation and reality. Parents and other elders constantly lie about everything a child does. They talk of free and expressive but already create conditions. It is a bad way for them to talk with the youth.
They do not want children to stare at this point or pick their nose because they are not considered to be bad behavior. They behave like dictators. They decide how to sit, close the back door, neither pull the legs, nor put their hands in the pocket, nor stop, nor take off the elbow from the table.
They want a child to display pleasing gestures such as please, thank you and practice cheerful behavior. The poem indicates a tie when the young child grows up but is unable to make a decision. The same adult then expects the child to make independent decisions.
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