Toads

The speaker in this poem is a very lazy man! He is not willing to work for what he wants and he just wants thing to be handed to him. He says that he does not need to work and that if he just uses his wits than he can make it in the world and support himself. He looks at people and sees them living in leisure and wants to yell at them, "stuff your pension!" The easy life is what he wants but its not going to happen. This is the toad that is keeping him from getting the fame and the girl. He has to work for what he wants and can't be lazy.