Question

II Reference to the content. move the long shadowy out far away like a huge serpent to Growling through the night.
what does the speaker mean by long shadowy out line'
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Here, the phrase 'long shadowy outline' refers to the train's movement in a moonlit night. The train looks like a black snake (serpent) in the night. It has a black outline and the long attached compartments of the train make it look like a black serpent crawling over the 'iron roads' or rails. And due to the moon's light, the shadow casted by the train gives it a 'shadowy outline'.

Written with reference to Humayun Kabir's poem 'Trains'.

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