Lesson
– 07
CENTRAL IDEA
Reference
This poem is written by Robert Louis
Stevenson, a Scottish poet. In this poem, he shows both the sides of picture
i.e. good and evil. He loved the children and understood them.
Central Idea
This poem tells that one decides upon
on objectives suiting one’s natural aptitudes and capacities, one should not
waste time and should use all the energies in the effort to attain it and not
to be distracted by anything, however beautiful it may be.
Theme
We are not here to pay, to dream, to
drill we have hard work to do and lots to lift. Shun not the struggle, “Its God
gift”.
Question and
Answers
Q.1 What does the poet see from a railway
carriage?
Ans. He sees the beauty of the area.
He also sees a boy who is collecting services hardly, a homeless person who is
doing nothing but to stare and a man who is lifting the overloaded cart.
Q.2 What pleasures does the railway journey
give to the poet?
Ans. The railway journey gives an
immeasurable pleasure to the post. Natural beauty provides him an everlasting
joy which includes the sights of meadows, daisies, mill, river, hill plain etc.
He is pleased because a thing of beauty is a joy forever.
Idioms
1. In all – There are four eggs in all in the
basket.
2. All at once – All at once the rain started to
fall.
3. All the same – This matter is all the same to me.
4. All alone – A soldier destroyed the enemy’s for
all alone in the war.
5. All about – Its all about the corruption
spreading in the country.
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