I wish I’d been that much more willin’
When I had more tooth there than fillin’
To pass up gobstoppers.
From respect to me choppers,
And to buy something else with me shillin’.
(a) What does the word ‘gobstoppers1 mean?
(b) What happened to the poet’s teeth when she continued eating all kinds of sweets?
© Explain, ‘From respect to me choppers’.
(a) ‘Gobstoppers’ are large hard sweets.
(b) When she continued eating all kinds of sweets, her teeth decayed and needed fillings.
© This line suggests that she should have paid more attention to her teeth by reducing her eating of sweets.