There was a child went forth

I think that the first two lines of this poem are fairly accurate. It says that the first thing the boy sees, he becomes. When young kids watch their parents react to situations a certain way, the kid often catches on to that reaction and does the same. So whether or not the influence is bad or good, the child will most likely follow. He then says that there is the quarrelsome boys and the friendly boys. These boys could be the way they are because of the household they grew up in. Thats just my view on it.