Why? Go Back Next Stanza views 3:29 Children coming to next stanza… He wants to know why fish have gills, And why boys cannot fly; Why steam comes from the kettle’s spout, And rain falls from the sky. He wants to know why coal should burn, And not a bit of stone; How seeds get in the apple core, And marrow in the bone. In the above lines the poet says: the boy wants to know why fish have gills and why boys cannot fly. Why steam comes from the kettle’s spout and why rain falls from sky. Why coal should burn and stone does not. How seeds get in the core of an apple and how marrow is found inside the bone. Introduction Next Stanza Figure of speech – Repetition