RYAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, NOIDA

CLASS VII (ENGLISH)

FROM A RAILWAY CARRIAGE

* VOCABULARY AND TWO MAKE SENTENCES TO BE DONE.

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.

Q 1 - What all does the poet see from the railway carriage?
Ans - The poet sees bridges, houses, hedges, ditches, horses and cattle. He also sees a hill and
plain, the green land and meadows. He passes stations, a mill and a river; also a tramp, a child
and a cart is drawn by a man.

Q 2 - What does the poet compare troops in a battle to? Why does he make this
comparison?
Ans - The poet compares the running or the moving forward of the train to troops in a battle to
attack enemies. He makes this comparison to convey the speed at which the train is moving.

Q3 - Give two instances from the poem where the leisurely pace of life outside is
contrasted with the speeding train.
Ans - Two instances of the leisurely pace of life outside are: the tramp who ‘stands and gazes’
and the cart ‘lumping along with man and load’. These are in strike in contrast to the speeding
train.

Q4 - Do you think the poet wants to look at the different sights from the moving train at
his own pace? Does he complain about the fast speed of the train?
Ans - The poet is certainly not complaining about the speed of the train. He is enjoying its
speed and is excited by the rapid movement. He can always see a mill and a river, horses and
cattle, a child and tramp even while not travelling by train. Here, he is more thrilled about how
things look ‘from a railway carriage’ than the sights themselves.

REFERENCE TO CONTEXT

I - And here is a mill, and there is a river:

Each a glimpse and gone forever!

Q - Why does the poet get only glimpses of the mill and the river?
Ans - The poet gets only a glimpse of the mill and the river because the train in which he is
travelling is moving at such a high speed that it whizzes past the sights outside.

Q - Why are these glimpses ‘gone forever’?

Ans - These glimpses are ‘gone forever’ because the poet probably means he is unlikely to
travel the same route again. The mill and the river will remain but he may never see them
again.

Q - Use the word ‘glimpse’ in a sentence of your own.

Ans – ATTEMPT ON YOUR OWN.