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

CBSE Class 9 CBSE Class 9 English
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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) Who is the speaker of the above lines and how’s she/he feeling?
(b) What do you mean by ‘liquorice’ and ‘sherbet dabs’?
© What do you learn about the speaker from the given lines?

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(a) The speaker of the above lines is the poet, Pam Ayres. She is feeling guilty.
(b) Liquorice is a candy made with the dried root of the liquorice plant. Sherbet dabs are tiny sweets.
© We learn that the speaker ate too many sweets or sticky things.