From A Railway Carriage - Questions and Answers(short Questions) and Paragraph

 "From A Railway Carriage"

                        - Robert Louis Stevenson

Answer the following questions.

1. What does ‘charges along like troops in a battle’ mean?

The phrase ‘charges along like troops in a battle’ means when the train moves fast it seems like the sudden attack of soldiers at the enemies in the battlefield.

 

2. What word could best replace ‘charges’ in the poem - marches, rushes or pushes?

“Rushes” could be the best word to replace the word “charges”

 

3. Why does the child clamber and scramble?

The child clambers and scrambles to pick berries from the bushes

 

Think and Write. (Paragraph answers)

 Write a paragraph about 50 words describing the scenes that the poet passed by.

The poet passed by the bridges, houses, hedges and ditches, meadows, hills and plains. He had a glimpse of painted railway stations. He noticed a child climbing and gathering berries. He also saw a homeless person and some were making garland with daisies. He also saw a cart, a watermill and a river while travelling in the train. But all the scenes were seen only for a short time and cannot be seen again.