MATRIC ENGLISH SINDH BOARD FROM A RAILWAY CARRIAGE

 

FROM A RAILWAY CARRIAGE

 

Reference:

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:

We are not here to pay, to dream, to drill we have hard work to do and lots to lift. Shun not the struggle, “Its God gift”.

 

Fill in the blanks.

i.                    The poem “From a Railway Carriage” is written by Robert Louis Stevenson.

ii.                  He was a Scottish novelist, poet, and essayist.

iii.               He was born in Edinburgh in 1850.

iv.                His formal education was greatly interrupted by illness and was frequently taken for holidays.

v.                  He tried to study engineering then law.

vi.                He decided to embark upon a literary career in 1873.

vii.              His novels "Treasure Island" and "Kidnapped" are well known.

viii.           In one of his novel "Dr Jekytt and Mr Hyde", he shows how every individual has tendencies to do both good and evil.

ix.                He really loved children and understood them.

x.                  The poem “From a Railway Carriage” shows his skill as a poet.

xi.                Faster than fairies, faster than witches.

xii.             Bridges and houses, hedges and ditches.

xiii.           And charging along like troops in a battle.

xiv.            Fly as thick as driving rain.

xv.              And ever again, in the wink of an eye.

xvi.            Painted stations whistle by.

xvii.         Here is a child who clambers and scrambles.

xviii.       All by himself and gathering brambles.

xix.           Here is a tramp who stands and gazes.

xx.              There is the green for stringing the daisies.

xxi.           Lumping along with man and load.

xxii.         Here is a mill and there is a river.

xxiii.       Each a glimpse and gone forever.

 

Question and Answers:

 

Q.1    What does the poet see from a railway carriage?

 

Ans. He sees the beauty of the area. He also sees a boy who is collecting services hardly, a homeless person who is doing nothing but to stare and a man who is lifting the overloaded cart.

 

 

Q.2    What pleasures does the railway journey give to the poet?

 

Ans. The railway journey gives an immeasurable pleasure to the post. Natural beauty provides him with an everlasting joy which includes the sights of meadows, daisies, mill, river, hill plain etc. He is pleased because a thing of beauty is a joy forever.

 

Reference to the context:

 

           “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”

 

i.                   Name the poem. Who wrote this poem?

Ans.     The name of the poem is “From A Railway Carriage”.  Robert Louis Stevenson wrote this poem.

ii.                 What figure of speech is used in the first line of the stanza?

Ans.     In the first line of the given stanza Alliteration is used. it is defined as the repetition of the same sound in a single line. The sound of “F” is repeated in the same line.

iii.               What figure of speech is used in third line of the given stanza?

Ans.    In the third line of the given stanza Simile is used. It is defined as the indirect comparison of two things with ‘like’ or ‘as’ is called a simile. In the above-mentioned line, the railway carriage is compared with the troops in the battle.

 

           “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!”

 

i.                   Name the poem. Who wrote this poem?

Ans.     The name of the poem is “From A Railway Carriage”.  Robert Louis Stevenson wrote this poem.

ii.                 Write some rhyming word from the above stanza?

Ans.     Rhyming is the same sound words present in last of each and every line of a poem. Here are scrambles and brambles, gazes and daisies are the rhyming words.

iii.               Who is a Tamp? What was he doing?

Ans.    A tramp is a homeless person who goes from place to place and does no regular work. He was standing at the carriage as he was looking for someone to come.

Idioms:

 

1. In all – There are four eggs in all in the basket.

2. All at once – All at once the rain started to fall.

3. All the same – This matter is all the same to me.

4. All alone – A soldier destroyed the enemy all alone in the war.

5. All about – Its all about the corruption spreading in the country.