Poet describe two types of trains in peom the trains what are these
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“What does the child watch from his window?”
Ans.: The child watches different kinds of train plying very fast. “What kind of trains does the poet watch in the first stanza?”
Ans.: In the first stanza, the child watches the goods train passing. It had no lights, doors and windows for the passengers “What are these trains compared to? Why?”
Ans.: The trains are compared to “huge elephants”. If you watch a herd of elephants, it would go one behind the other and it will be like the goods train compartments. “What makes you think that the poet loves watching trains?”
Ans.: The line, “I sit by my window for hours on end” gives us the information that the child loves watching the trains passing by that it doesn’t move from that place for a long time. “Why does the child say that the trains are tedious?”
Ans.: The child is feeling pity for the train because it is running for a long time. As he doesn’t know that the trains run on engines he is using the word which is used for the human
6) “What kind of train is described in the second stanza?”
Ans. The passenger train is mentioned in the second stanza.
7) “How is the second train different from the first?”
Ans. Second is the passenger train which is filled with people and lights; windows open etc. than the first one.
8) “How does the child describe the sounds of the train?”
Ans.: The child describes the sound of the train to the rhythmic beat of music.
9) “What sound rises above the din of the train?”
Ans.: The rhythmic beat of the wheels.
10) “How does the poet present the sleepy world around him?”
Ans.: The poet presents the world around him “dizzy heat swoons all the world”
11) “Why are the trains called ‘tireless?”
Ans.: The trains are called tireless because they operate relentlessly
12) “What does the poet do when he hears the low, distant rumble of the train?”
Ans.: He would wake up from his sleep, rub away the sleep from his eyes and sit up.
13) “Why is moonlight said to be flickering?”
Ans.: The train is moving fast and the moon looks like flickering because there are trees which would hide it and reveal it.
14) “What is the train compared to? Why?”
Ans.: It is compared to a “huge serpent” which seems to be crawling throughout the night.
15) “Why does the child ask his mother about the train’s resting place?”
Ans.: Since the child is treating the train as human, it wants to know where it would rest after a tiresome journey.