When I think of the lollies I licked, And the liquorice all sorts I picked, Sherbet dabs, big and little

When I think of the lollies I licked,
And the liquorice all sorts I picked,
Sherbet dabs, big and little,
All that hard peanut brittle,
My conscience gets horribly pricked.
(a) Why does the poet feel her conscience horribly pricked?
(b) What is responsible for the poet’s present state of pain, suffering and guilt feelings?
© Which word in the extract means the same as ‘troubled’?

(a) Having lost almost all her teeth due to eating too many sweets and not brushing the teeth earlier, she feels guilty about them and thus her conscience is horribly pricked.
(b) The poet’s love for a number of lollies, liquorices, sherbets and peanut brittle is responsible for her present pain, suffering and guilt.
© The word is ‘pricked’.