Fortune telling rhymes based on the day when a child was born originated in England around the 1500s. Many superstitions existed regarding the day of the week when a child was born. Children fortunes, personalities, and temperaments were considered to be regulated by that day. What are the cases in the poem

The one that best portrays the theme of "there was a child went forth" is the process of becoming. the ceaseless procedure of getting to be is at the core of the lyric. we progress toward becoming something or develop into something and this is the way toward getting to be, of progress and improvement. the interpenetration of the tyke's cognizance and physical marvels has appeared in this ballad, is one of the basic components of whitman's idea.