From a Railway Carriage

Robert Louis Stevenson

Was a Scottish novelist, poet,
essayist and travel writer
Well known for his children's
classics
Famous works are
Treasure Island
Kidnapped
Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

Difficult Words
Troops Soldiers, especially in large
groups
Clamber
to climb or move is an
awkward and laborious way using
both hands and feet.
Bramble
A prickly shrub of the
rose family
Lump To move with difficulty

questions
1. How do the troops resemble the
Train?
2. In what ways are the child and
the tramp different ?
3. What is similar about the words
witches and ditches ?

Rhyming Words
Witches
Battle
Plain
eye
Scrambles
gazes
Road
River

Ditches
Cattle
Rain
by
Brambles
Daisies
load
forever

Word pictures
Meadows the horses and cattle
sights of the hill and the plain
painted stations whistle by
cart runaway in the road.

What are the expressions used

by the poet to show the amazing
speed of the train ?

assignment
1) Write the rhyme scheme of the
poem From A Railway Carriage.