Question

Slowly the golden memory of the dead sun fades from the hearts of the cold , sad clouds . Silent like sorrowing children the birds have ceased their song , and only the moorhen's plaintive cry and the harsh croak of the corncrake stirs the awed hush around the couch of waters , where the dying day breathes out her last . Explain these lines of three men in a boat chapter two .

Answer 1

These lines describe the narrator’s and George’s plans about camping out. In these lines the narrator is imagining the pleasures of camping out. The narrator feels camping out will give them the thrill of being free and wild like their ancestors who lived out in forests and in the open in ancient times.

These lines are describing the sunset scene that they will be able to see from their boat while camping out. The birds will be flying back to their nests; and then the moorhens and corncrake will croak to bid farewell to the dying day. Soon the night with her darkness and grey shadows will spread her dark wings over the entire world.

Put simply, the above mentioned lines describe the narrator’s and George’s plans about camping out and the associated pleasure of enjoying the sunset scenes and the fall of night from the boat.