“From a Railway Carriage” written by R.L.( Robert Louis) Stevenson
First Para:
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.
Reference
to context:
These
lines have been taken from the poem “From a Railway Carriage” written by Robert
Louis Stevenson.
In
this poem poet shares his experience of a railway journey with us. He describes it’s
speed very amazing. He presents natural senses seen from the window of
a railway carriage.
Explanation to the First Para:
Poet
says that train runs more quickly than the fairies can fly or the witches can
move. When train advances forward it seems as the soldiers are
attacking enemy in a battle field. The train rushes on leaving bridges,
houses, fences and ditches behind. It also leaves behind the green fields where
horses and Cattle are grazing.
Some Meanings:
Fairies : A fairy is a type of mythical being
Witches: A witch is a person who practices witchcraft
Ditches: A ditch can be a man-made trench, usually long and narrow, dug into the earth
Second Para:
All of the sights of the hill and plain
Fly
as the thick as driving rain;
And
ever again, in the wink of an eye,
Painted
stations whistle by.
Reference
to context:
These
lines have been taken from the poem “From a Railway Carriage” written by Robert
Louis Stevenson.
In
this poem poet shares his experience of a railway journey with us. He describes its
speed very amazing. He presents natural scenes seen from the window of
a railway carriage.
Explanation for para Second:
Poet
says that all the scenes of hill and plain were being crossed by train as quick
as one drop of rain follows another drop in a storm. Again and again in very
short moment train was crossing stations with a whistle. From the window of compartment of
train buildings of stations were seemed as painted pictures.
Third Para:
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 green for stringing the daisies.
Reference
to context:
These
lines have been taken from the poem “From a Railway Carriage” written by Robert
Louis Stevenson.
In
this poem poet shares his experience of a railway journey with us. He describes its
speed very amazing. He presents natural scenes seen from the window of
a railway carriage.
Explanation for Para: Third :
In
these lines poet says that from the window of the compartment of
train he sees a child climbing a steep ground by himself with difficulty. The
child was also gathering black berries during climbing. Poet sees a homeless
person who was looking at the train with amazement. He also sees some ladies in
a common village grassy land, they were making garlands of daisy flowers.
Fourth Para:
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!
Reference
to context:
These
lines have been taken from the poem “From a Railway Carriage” written by Robert
Louis Stevenson.
In
this poem poet shares his experience of a railway journey with us. He describes its
speed very amazing. He presents natural scenes seen from the window of a railway carriage.
Explanation for Para: Fourth:
Poet says that he
sees a cart moving slowly in the middle of a highway it was full of load and a
cart driver was sitting on the top of the load. He sees a water mill and river
while travelling in the train. All these objects appeared and then disappeared
so quickly that poet looked at them for very brief time and they can never be
seen again.
