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From a Railway Carriage
Robert Louis Stevenson
About Robert Louis Stevenson
R. L. Stevenson (1850-1894) was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. A versatile writer, he wrote several poems, short stories, novels and essays. The poem given here is from his book titled A Child's Garden of Verses published in 1885.
Faster than fairies, faster than witches,
Bridges and houses, hedges and ditches;
And charging along like troops in a battle,
All through the meadows the horses and cattle:
All of the sights of the hill and the plain
Fly as thick as driving rain;
And ever again, in the wink of an eye,
Here is a child who clambers and scrambles,
All by himself and gathering brambles;
Here is a tramp who stands and gazes;
And there is the green for stringing the daisies!
Here is a cart run away in the road
Lumping along with man and load;
And here is a mill and there is a river:
Each a glimpse and gone for ever!
Available Answers
- 1.
All of the sights of the hill and the plain
Fly as thick as driving rain;- List five sights that the poet has mentioned in the poem.
- Why does the poet compare the things he sees to driving rain?
- 2.
And ever again, in the wink of an eye,
Painted stations whistle by.- In your own words, give the meaning of 'in the wink of an eye'.
- 'Painted stations whistle by'. What is actually whistling by? What is not moving?
- After these lines, the poet describes three people whom he sees. Who are they?
- 3.
Draw up a list of all the words in the poem that describe movement.
- 4.
To show the speed of the train the poet says that the things he sees were speeding by. Were these things really speeding? What do you think of this idea?
- 5.
What does 'each a glimpse and gone for ever' mean? How do you think the poet felt as he wrote this line?
- 6.
Tick the correct sequence in which these things are listed in the poem.
- stations, a child, a mill, a river, a cart
- a child, stations, a river, a mill, a cart
- stations, a child, a cart, a mill, a river
- a cart, stations, a child, a mill, a river
2 more answer(s) available.
Comments
Notes are excellent
One request if you’ll can provide figure of speech to all poems .. would be of great help
16 Feb 2021Kanchan r.Kids loosing their marks on figure of speech
16 Feb 2021Kanchan r.Kids loosing their marks on figure of speech
16 Feb 2021Kanchan r.