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Night Mail by W H Auden

 

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NIGHT MAIL

Composed by: W. H Auden

This is the night mail crossing the Border,           a
Bringing the cheque and the postal order,           a

Letters for the rich, letters for the poor,                  b
The shop at the corner, the girl next door.            b

Pulling up Beattock, a steady climb:                     c
The gradient's against her, but she's on time.         c     

Past cotton-grass and moorland boulder             d
Shovelling white steam over her shoulder,          d

Snorting noisily as she passes                              e
Silent miles of wind-bent grasses.                         e

Birds turn their heads as she approaches,           d
Stare from bushes at her blank-faced coaches.              d

Sheep-dogs cannot turn her course;                     f
They slumber on with paws across.                      f

In the farm she passes no one wakes,                  g
But a jug in a bedroom gently shakes.                  g

Short Question & Answers of the Poem “Night Mail”

Q.No. 1. What does the Night Mail bring?

Answer:

The Night Mail brings letters, postal orders, cheques and gifts. It brings these things for the rich, the poor and the girls.

Q. No. 2. How does the Night Mail travel?

Answer:

The Night Mail travels at night. It is always on time. It passes through mountains and valleys.

Q. No. 3. What is the reaction of the birds on the approach/ arrival of the Night Mail?

Answer:

The birds are frightened to see it. They consider it a monster.

Q. No. 4. What is the reaction of the dogs on its arrival?

Answer:

The sheep dogs keep on sleeping on its arrival because they know that they can not turn her course.

Q. No. 5. What is the impact of the Night Mail on the life in a farm?

Answer:

There is no impact of the Night Mail on the life in a farm. Everybody keeps on sleeping. Only a jug shakes on its arrival.

 

Reference to Context and Explanation of the Poem Night Mail

Reference:

These lines have been taken from the poem “Night Mail” written by W. H Auden.

Context:

            The Night Mail brings letters, postal orders, cheques and gifts. It brings these things for the rich, the poor and the girls. The Night Mail travels at night. It is always on time. It passes through mountains and valleys. It runs like a horse.

Explanation:

The Night Mail brings letters, postal orders, cheques and gifts. It brings these things for the rich, the poor and the girls. The Night Mail travels at night. It is always on time. It passes through mountains and valleys. It runs like a horse. The birds are frightened to see it. They consider it a monster. The sheep dogs keep on sleeping on its arrival because they know that they can not turn her course. There is no impact of the Night Mail on the life in a farm. Everybody keeps on sleeping. Only a jug shakes on its arrival.

Rhyming Scheme

The rhyming scheme of the poem is

aa, bb, cc, dd, ee, ff, gg

 

 

 

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