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FROM A RAILWAY CARRIAGE
Words/Meaning
S.No | Words | Meaning |
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1. | All by himself | All alone |
2. | Brambles | Thorny bushes which bear the fruit called black berries |
3. | Charging | To attack, Here it means to rush forward, move fast |
4. | To Clamber | To climb with some difficulty |
5. | Daisy | It is one of the commonest wild flowers in Britain (U.K) |
6. | Ditch | a narrow channel dug in or between fields, or at the side of a road, to hold or carry off water |
7. | Driving rain | Hard, Slanting rain, Heavy rain |
8. | Fairies | Beautiful imaginary beings who have magical power |
9. | Fly as thick | Pass so quickly as there was no distance between them |
10. | Gaze | To look steadily |
11. | Glimpse | A brief look |
12. | The Green | A grassy common land in a village |
13. | Hedge | A row of bushes or tall plants, forming a boundary |
14. | In the wink of an eye | The time it takes to shut one eye for a very short time |
15. | To lump | To move heavily and awkwardly |
16. | Meadow | A Grassy field |
17. | To scramble | To move with difficulty over rough or steep ground |
18. | To string | To make a garland of |
19. | Sight | Seen |
20. | To gather | To collect |
21. | Tramp | A homeless person |
22. | Troop | Army |
23. | Witches | Wicked old women who could work magic and fly through the air |
24. | Whistle by | When fast train goes pass a station, a whistling sound is produced |
About Poet
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894).
Central Idea
This poem is written by Robert Louis Stevenson, a Scottish poet. In this poem, he shows both the sides of picture i.e. good and evil. He loved the children and understood them.
Central Idea
This poem tells that one decides upon on objectives suiting one’s natural aptitudes and capacities, one should not waste time and should use all the energies in the effort to attain it and not to be distracted by anything, however beautiful it may be.
Theme
Nature is gift of God, and it gives happiness and pleasure to a man because a thing of beauty is a joy forever.
Summary
It goes forward as quickly as army soldiers attack the enemy in the battle field. The train runs through common grassy lands where horses and cattle are grazing. All the sights pass as quickly as drop of train follows another drop. Many colorful buildings of stations appear and disappear in a glance due to the speed of train.
Poet sees a child climbing up steeply ground. He moves with difficulty and gathers black berries. He also sees a homeless person looking at the train with amazement. He sees some ladies making garlands of daisies in a common grassy village land. In the middle of road there was cart with load. Due to heavy load it was moving awkwardly. The cart man was sitting on the load. He also sees a river and a floor mill. All these scenes appeared and disappeared in a very short moment.
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