How we cite our quotes: (Line)
Quote #1
Best of all was the warm thick slobber
Of frogspawn that grew like clotted water (8–9)
The speaker's excitement comes through in "best of all." It seems like only a child could get that excited about "thick slobber."
Quote #2
[…] Here, every spring
I would fill jampotfuls of the jellied
Specks to range on window-sills at home, (10–12)
Again, the speaker's enthusiasm for watching the frogspawn hatch into frogs is childlike. You can almost feel his anticipation—like a kid waiting to open his birthday presents—as he waits for it to happen.