8 th standard

A power point presentation about the poem From A Railway Carriage written by R.L.Stevenson.

1. WELCOME

2. FROM A RAILWAY CARRIAGE BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

3. R. L. STEVENSON

4. Bor n on 1 8 5 Scottish novelist , poet, essayist, and travel writer Major works:-   Treasure Island ,  Kidnapped ,  Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Died on 1894

5. Faster than fairies,

6. faster than witches,

7. Bridges and houses,

8. hedges and ditches,

9. And charging along like troops in a battle

10. All through the meadows the horses and cattle:

11. All of the sights of the hill and the plain

12. Fly as thick as driving rain;

13. And ever again in the wink of an eye,

14. Painted stations whistle by.

15. Here is a child who clambers and scrambles,

16. All by himself and gathering brambles;

17. Here is a tramp who stands and gazes;

18. And here is the green for stringing the daisies

19. Here is a cart runaway in the road

20. Lump i ng along with man a nd load;

21. And here is a mill, and there is a river :

22. Each a glimpse and gone forever

23. ACTIVITIES

24. RHYMING WORDS witches – ditches battle – cattle plain – rain eye – by scrambles – brambles gazes – daisies road – load river - forever

25. RHYME SCHEME aabb ccdd eeff gghh aabbccddeeffgghh

26. SIMILES COMPARISON OF Train is charging like All the outside sights are flying as thick as COMPARED TO Troops in a battle Driving rain

27. ALLITERATION Alliteration is the repetition of initial consonant sounds of words in a line.

28. F aster than f airies, f aster than witches Bridges and h ouses, h edges and ditches

29. ASSONANCE Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds in a line.

30. Fl y as thick as dr i ving rain Here is a child who cl a mbers and scr a mbles Here is a tr a mp who st a nds and gazes

31. T H A N K Y O U Sanju Sara John