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1. 1.

   Look at this schedule of a train and answer the questions that follow.

   

   1. Where do you think this information has been taken from?
   2. What is the name of the train?
   3. What is its destination?
   4. How many times does the train halt before reaching its destination?
   5. Name the state where the train halts twice.
2. 2.

   Fill in the blanks.

   1. The poet thinks that the train travels faster than ____________________ and ______________.
   2. The train charges along like ________________ in a battle.
   3. The sights of the hill and the plain fly as thick as ________________________.
   4. In the wink of an eye, stations _______________ by.
   5. The poet gets only a _______________ of a mill and a river.
3. 3.

   What all does the poet see from the railway carriage?

4. 4.

   What does the poet compare troops in a battle to? Why does he make this comparison?
5. 5.

   Give two instances from the poem where the leisurely pace of life outside is contrasted with the speeding train.
6. 6.

   And here is a mill, and there is a river;
   Each a glimpse and gone forever!

   1. Why does the poet get only glimpses of the mill and the river?
   2. Why are these glimpses 'gone forever'?
   3. Use the word 'glimpse' in a sentence of your own.