Chapter- 6 From a Railway Carriage
1. Who is the poet of From a Railway Carriage?
Answer:
The poet is Robert Louis Stevenson.
2. What is the poem about?
Answer:
The poem describes the fast-moving scenes seen from a train.
3. From where are the scenes described in the poem?
Answer:
They are described from a railway carriage.
4. How fast is the train moving according to the poet?
Answer:
The train is moving very fast.
5. With whom does the poet compare the speed of the train?
Answer:
He compares it to fairies and witches.
6. Name two things that the train passes quickly.
Answer:
Bridges and houses.
7. What does “charging along like troops in a battle” suggest?
Answer:
It suggests the powerful and forceful speed of the train.
8. What happens to horses and cattle as the train passes?
Answer:
They seem to fly past quickly.
9. Which natural features are mentioned in the poem?
Answer:
Meadows, hills, plains, and rivers.
10. What does “painted stations whistle by” mean?
Answer:
The train passes stations so fast that they appear like painted pictures.
11. Who is the child mentioned in the poem?
Answer:
A child who is gathering brambles.
12. What is the child doing?
Answer:
The child is clambering and scrambling alone.
13. Who is the tramp mentioned in the poem?
Answer:
A poor wanderer who stands and gazes.
14. What does the tramp do?
Answer:
He stands still and looks at the passing train.
15. What is meant by “green for stringing the daisies”?
Answer:
It refers to grassy fields where flowers grow.
16. What kind of cart is described in the poem?
Answer:
A cart running along the road with a man and load.
17. What does the word “lumping” suggest?
Answer:
It suggests slow and heavy movement.
18. Name two man-made structures mentioned in the poem.
Answer:
A mill and a railway station.
19. How long do the scenes last before the poet’s eyes?
Answer:
They last only for a moment.
20. What does “each a glimpse and gone forever” mean?
Answer:
Each scene is seen briefly and then disappears.
21. What feeling does the poem create in the reader?
Answer:
A sense of speed, excitement, and movement.
22. What poetic device is used in “faster than fairies”?
Answer:
Simile.
23. What is the tone of the poem?
Answer:
Joyful and energetic.
24. Why does the poet use short, quick descriptions?
Answer:
To show the fast speed of the train.
25. What contrast is shown in the poem?
Answer:
The fast train and the slow-moving people and objects.
26. How is nature shown in the poem?
Answer:
As beautiful but quickly passing.
27. Why is the poem interesting for students?
Answer:
Because it vividly describes a common experience in an exciting way.
28. What is the central theme of the poem?
Answer:
The speed of modern travel and fleeting views of life.
29. What does the poem teach us indirectly?
Answer:
Life moves fast and moments pass quickly.
30. Why is the poem called From a Railway Carriage?
Answer:
Because the poem describes what is seen from inside a moving train.
Answer by Dimpee Bora
