Question

3. Complete the table given below in order to understand the poem better.

1) The poet compares
the train to

2) Lines from the poem
that show this

3)Characteristics that are
similar or comparable

4) Literary device

elephants

a marriage
procession

a serpent​

Answer 1

Answer:

2) The poet compares

the train to

4) Lines from the poem

that show this

1)Characteristics that are

similar or comparable

3) Literary device

elephants

a marriage

procession

a serpent

Answer 2

Answer:

1) elephants

2) like huge elephants that move like shadows in the shadowy dark

3) elephants walk slowly, goods train moves slowly

4) similie

1) a marriage procession

2) a marriage procession with music loud

3) a marriage procession happens fastly with alot of people and rituals, a passenger train moves fastly with alot of people and noises

4) personification

1) a serpent

2) like a huge serpent crawling through the night

3) a serpent in the poem is huge and long, a trains shadow in the night is long and huge

4) similie