From a Railway Carriage | Lesson 16 | Class 8 English | Assam Jatiya Vidyalaya | AJB Class 8 English Notes | 2026 New Syllabus

1. Answer the following questions in complete sentences.

a) Who is the poet of the poem "From a Railway Carriage"?

Answer: The poet of the poem "From a Railway Carriage" is Robert Louis Stevenson.

b) What according to the poet is faster than fairies and witches?

Answer: According to the poet, the railway train is faster than fairies and witches.

2. Give brief answers to the following questions.

a) Who is a tramp? What is he doing?

Answer: A tramp is a homeless wanderer or beggar. In the poem, the tramp is standing by the roadside and gazing at the passing train.

b) What does the train leave behind while rushing forward?

Answer: While rushing forward, the train leaves behind bridges, houses, hedges, ditches, meadows, horses, cattle, hills, plains, stations, and other sights.

c) What is lumping along and why?

Answer: A cart is lumping along with a man and a load because it is moving slowly on the road while carrying a heavy load.

3. Find out some rhyming words from the poem.

Some rhyming words from the poem are:

witches – ditches
battle – cattle
plain – rain
eye – by
scrambles – brambles
gazes – daisies
road – load
river – ever

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