There are a lot of fears in the mind of the child. She worries about what will happen if she loses the power to speak or if her school closes the swimming pool. She was afraid of being beaten up or if somebody puts poison in her cup. The child may fall sick and die….
Optimism is the best quality of humanity. For a person, being optimistic is very much essential if he wants to lead a happy and healthy life. It is important to understand that life is full of ups and downs. Sometimes we are happy and sometimes sad. Human life may suffer from different kinds of problems…
In these lines, the poet has some doubts and imaginary questions to which he refers to as ‘what ifs’. These fears haunt him at night. They disturb and trouble him by repeatedly questioning what (will happen) if something unpleasant happens. They are nightmarish.
The child’s fear was imaginary because she was only assuming things. Nobody can claim about future with security and it is a mystery for everyone. Thinking too much about the future is needless and waste of time. It gives birth to imaginary fears.
When the child woke up the next morning everything was fine. She was afraid of many things last night, but in the morning, She was feeling good but at night became afraid thinking what would happen if those terrifying moments again come in her mind. The child is afraid of imaginary fears.
The speaker worries about his own well beings, his school, his parents, the world at large. He wonders how he will cope with the situations in the event of his being dumb, get beaten, poisoned, hit by lightening, taken ill his head becomes smaller. In a fit of wildness, he can also tear his pants….
When the child was lying on her bed the last night, strange things hit her mind.
The child was afraid because he was worried about his future lest any mishap should happen anytime in his life. It seems that the child is fearful about his future.
The ‘What if song’ deals with a lot of imaginary incidences that may happen and the changes that may take place in the child’s life.