summary of the poem trains by Humayun kabir
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The poem Trains is about a little child who is very fond of trains that pass under his window. He is filled with wonder seeing their shape, speed, lights and restlessness, and asks his mother about each train that passes by. the poem is therefore about different kinds of trains and his reaction on seeing them.
In the first stanza the child sees a train without any windows, which is actually a goods train, and he compares the train with that of an elephant. just as an elephant is huge, similarly the goods train moving and covering his journey in a tedious way moves in a dark shadow. Here the train is beng compared to an elephant.
In the second stanza the child again sees a passenger train, and hence this train has doors and windows, and the light inside the train looks from far, as if some shining lamps are passing the way. This train whizzes past an appears as if there is a marriage and the train moving is a procession which is bedecked and beautiful and shinning. The wheels of the train makes a rhythmic beat of music, and the child compares it with a moving wedding procession which moves in rhythm.
In the third stanza the child presents the world as sleepy and tired, a it is a hot season and everybody is down with the heat. Even the crow doesn't caw because of the heat, and the dog hangs its tongue outside being thirsty. But even in this scorching hot day, the child's amusement needs no retirement, and he watches the trains passing by continuously in that hot sunny afternoon.
The fourth stanza shows the child's obsession with the train. The child is so obsessed that, he even when he gets up in the night by sometimes hearing the rumbling of the train, he sits up on his bed in the middle of the night, rubs his eye, and looks outside the window amidst the dim light of the moon, to find the train moving on the iron roads, which looks just like a serpent.
In the final stanza the child's sympathy pours in the form of question. he ponders over the fact, that where all these trains go after all.After covering all the distances on road, crossing mighty streams and by going past the hills, the destination of these tired trains are still unknown to the child.
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In the first stanza the child sees a train without any windows, which is actually a goods train, and he compares the train with that of an elephant. just as an elephant is huge, similarly the goods train moving and covering his journey in a tedious way moves in a dark shadow. Here the train is beng compared to an elephant.
In the second stanza the child again sees a passenger train, and hence this train has doors and windows, and the light inside the train looks from far, as if some shining lamps are passing the way. This train whizzes past an appears as if there is a marriage and the train moving is a procession which is bedecked and beautiful and shinning. The wheels of the train makes a rhythmic beat of music, and the child compares it with a moving wedding procession which moves in rhythm.
In the third stanza the child presents the world as sleepy and tired, a it is a hot season and everybody is down with the heat. Even the crow doesn't caw because of the heat, and the dog hangs its tongue outside being thirsty. But even in this scorching hot day, the child's amusement needs no retirement, and he watches the trains passing by continuously in that hot sunny afternoon.
The fourth stanza shows the child's obsession with the train. The child is so obsessed that, he even when he gets up in the night by sometimes hearing the rumbling of the train, he sits up on his bed in the middle of the night, rubs his eye, and looks outside the window amidst the dim light of the moon, to find the train moving on the iron roads, which looks just like a serpent.
In the final stanza the child's sympathy pours in the form of question. he ponders over the fact, that where all these trains go after all.After covering all the distances on road, crossing mighty streams and by going past the hills, the destination of these tired trains are still unknown to the child.
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Humayun Kabir in his poem 'Trains' focusses on the feelings and excitement of a boy who watches trains passing by from his window all day long. His childlike curiosity is natural to see them moving all the times, hence he questions his mother. His keen observation and innocence make the poem an honest depiction of child's mind.
The boy describes the running trains to his mother as per his perception. Firstly, he sees goods train as he finds with no windows and doors moving tediously like elephants.
Secondly, he mentions about passenger trains which flash by with bright windows and loud music of wedding procession that rises above the sound of the running wheels.
During the long summary afternoon when the boy's mother sleeps and the whole world dozes off; when even the crows forget to caw and dog sits lazily, the boy watches the trains moving tirelessly on their iron path.
Sometimes, while sleeping he listens to a distant rumbling of trains and he wakes up and sits down to watch them moving like a serpent through the night.
The boy understands as his mother told him that the trains make their way through hills, they cross bridges across the rivers and pass through forests and plains, but he fails to understand where they rest, after all, at the end of their restless journeying.
The boy describes the running trains to his mother as per his perception. Firstly, he sees goods train as he finds with no windows and doors moving tediously like elephants.
Secondly, he mentions about passenger trains which flash by with bright windows and loud music of wedding procession that rises above the sound of the running wheels.
During the long summary afternoon when the boy's mother sleeps and the whole world dozes off; when even the crows forget to caw and dog sits lazily, the boy watches the trains moving tirelessly on their iron path.
Sometimes, while sleeping he listens to a distant rumbling of trains and he wakes up and sits down to watch them moving like a serpent through the night.
The boy understands as his mother told him that the trains make their way through hills, they cross bridges across the rivers and pass through forests and plains, but he fails to understand where they rest, after all, at the end of their restless journeying.
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