Question

from a railway carriage lesson English some body send me meaning ​

Answer 1

Answer:

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.

Reference to context:

These lines have been taken from the poem “From a Railway Carriage” written by Robert Louis Stevenson.

In this poem poet shares his experience of a railway journey with us. He describes it’s speed very amazing. He presents natural senses seen from the window of a railway carriage.

Explanation:

Poet says that train runs more quickly than the fairies can fly or the witches can move. When train advances forward it seems as the soldiers are attacking enemy in a battle field. The train rushes on leaving bridges, houses, fences and ditches behind. It also leaves behind the green fields where horses and Cattle are grazing.

2. All of the sights of the hill and plain

Fly as the thick as driving rain;