Samacheer Kalvi solutions for English - Term 2 Class 6 TN Board chapter 2.2 - From a Railway Carriage [Latest edition]

What do you think the poem is about?

Have you been on a train?

Close your eyes and think about the moving scene outside a train window.

Take turns in class to describe one image that crossed your mind.

Read the lines and answer the question given below.

Faster than fairies, faster than witches,

Bridges and houses, hedges and ditches;

1. What is faster than fairies and witches?
2. Why does the poet mention ‘bridges and houses, hedges and ditches’? Where are the

Read the lines and answer the question given below.

Here is a child who clambers and scrambles,

All by himself and gathering brambles;

1. Where do you think the child is?
2. What does ‘gathering brambles’ mean?

Read the lines and answer the question given below.

And ever again, in the wink of an eye,

Painted stations whistle by

1. ‘In the wink of an eye’ means very quickly. Explain ‘painted stations whistle by’.

Read the lines and answer the question given below.

Each a glimpse and gone forever;

a. What is ‘each’ over here? Why is it gone forever?

What does ‘charges along like troops in a battle’ mean?

What word could best replace ‘charges’ in the poem - marches, rushes or pushes?

Why does the child clamber and scramble?

Write a paragraph about 50 words describing the scenes that the poet passed by.

There is a connection between the rhyming words and rhythms of the train. Present your views about it.

Fill in the blanks to complete the summary.

Ever since their introduction, ______, and their unique rhythms have ______ poets. In this poem the poet shares his experience ______ with us. He presents natural scenes seen from ______ a railway carriage. The ______ is regular and steady but ______ from the window of the train is constantly changing. The poem’s rhythm and phrases bring ______ of a railway journey. The poet looks out of the window at the ______ images outside. Every line we see here is a quick account of something seen for ______. The line that best sums up is the final one: "Each a glimpse and gone forever!"

Find me in the poem.

I can help you to cross the river.

Find me in the poem.

I can border your garden

Find me in the poem.

I can alert you

Find me in the poem.

I can carry you

Find me in the poem.

You can ride on me

Find me in the poem.

You can climb on men

Find me in the poem.

You can lay down on me

Find me in the poem.

You can play with me   

Discuss with your partner and pick out the similes used in the poem. Which one do you like the most? Why?

Discuss with your partner and pick out the rhyming words from the poem.

Pick out the nouns from the poem. Write as many Cinquain poems as you can.