ho poemspeate f scf - unctstandg and the red
tO beIn touch ithotnçis. It point o ut that ne
CONstanuy stive o nckskind OurSelvS b t he
Sucessfu
The poem is about an individual on a train with strangers going to an unknown
destination Even though they are surrounded by people there is still an element of ALLEGORY: A poem
isolation- everybody is a stranger in the sense that we will never truly know everything
that reveals a hidden
about a person nomatter how well they might think they know them
message. (lit vs. fig)
Suggests life is a journey we share with Strangers Forever
others
No matter how hard we try, we never truiy open
ourselves to others, nor truly relate to others. Part of
inclusive pronoun
meiaphor =E QIE pCIGngCS us remains hidden.
CEach of us inc trcin, but e do tcf
Toknncit
hot nort the cicstinatin. fcACt, The et
is a passenger
Another sense of
seated in one huge fer f but is
inciusivity. We are all
The destination is unknown
compartment together.
obseevet,
EclucCterifca
gO1ng we do not know where
(all strangers he Cre not desied
pet mcites itCecr thit
tOjener. it is Simpiy by charce.
Aihrown together by chance We choose to be on this journey. t is
simply by chance that we are there and
Rhetorical
guestion
who travel without arriving) with whom we are with.
Mcicpor= p resent pariiple=
A+ thmeS, you
Can Knon
Ne
sensiennon
aveing ro poit.
Someone difficult to share them fully with themsehves
People have secrets and find it
eise tan and others.
you nON
yousif Asking us to consider for ourselves. Lack of self-actualization.
opportunities to let feelings/objects in.
Volta hough vOu open a window>Symbolic:Awindow creates
emphasises that we as humans will never be able to fully share our
In the chambers of vour heartMETAPHOR:
corect teimnciccy identities and secrets with others
Though youtr1veto say LThcucin cu tiy ic Cptn yC ur ine?
antsncre tcur feelinqs...
Repeition creates a sense of desoeration.
what you feel
and in thetriv1ngreach
a state of understanding
there is stil
Nenatte hor uchyoutry fo Shcue ur tlings,yvU hik
Essentially fuly Shae ewerthiy nih anotner.sectio
NQ CUe athe alnay Be one p e that is hidden from ay
in this NNd) that remains your own o her person.
of your heart
These are your "whispers of your mind but also the "compartment"
Personal Pronoun
that neither I nor anyone else
will ever penetrate.
Forever strangero Inversion of title highlights that things are indefinite. TheMe-bcing alone
isnot lonelincss
Ne cue Sciitcuy icin*
that enycCicUen
om.
en ambmets thrccrout the pem The incIusicn cf us,ycV cund crher
modeins that ifs a modnl post peiscncl pronouns Suggest that
sty ie cf tho pcet is not ulone: AI| Of us
feuls tos fel the scme hay.
Ue mT MeCIning fs tnan it CUd be inprose
tO beIn touch ithotnçis. It point o ut that ne
CONstanuy stive o nckskind OurSelvS b t he
Sucessfu
The poem is about an individual on a train with strangers going to an unknown
destination Even though they are surrounded by people there is still an element of ALLEGORY: A poem
isolation- everybody is a stranger in the sense that we will never truly know everything
that reveals a hidden
about a person nomatter how well they might think they know them
message. (lit vs. fig)
Suggests life is a journey we share with Strangers Forever
others
No matter how hard we try, we never truiy open
ourselves to others, nor truly relate to others. Part of
inclusive pronoun
meiaphor =E QIE pCIGngCS us remains hidden.
CEach of us inc trcin, but e do tcf
Toknncit
hot nort the cicstinatin. fcACt, The et
is a passenger
Another sense of
seated in one huge fer f but is
inciusivity. We are all
The destination is unknown
compartment together.
obseevet,
EclucCterifca
gO1ng we do not know where
(all strangers he Cre not desied
pet mcites itCecr thit
tOjener. it is Simpiy by charce.
Aihrown together by chance We choose to be on this journey. t is
simply by chance that we are there and
Rhetorical
guestion
who travel without arriving) with whom we are with.
Mcicpor= p resent pariiple=
A+ thmeS, you
Can Knon
Ne
sensiennon
aveing ro poit.
Someone difficult to share them fully with themsehves
People have secrets and find it
eise tan and others.
you nON
yousif Asking us to consider for ourselves. Lack of self-actualization.
opportunities to let feelings/objects in.
Volta hough vOu open a window>Symbolic:Awindow creates
emphasises that we as humans will never be able to fully share our
In the chambers of vour heartMETAPHOR:
corect teimnciccy identities and secrets with others
Though youtr1veto say LThcucin cu tiy ic Cptn yC ur ine?
antsncre tcur feelinqs...
Repeition creates a sense of desoeration.
what you feel
and in thetriv1ngreach
a state of understanding
there is stil
Nenatte hor uchyoutry fo Shcue ur tlings,yvU hik
Essentially fuly Shae ewerthiy nih anotner.sectio
NQ CUe athe alnay Be one p e that is hidden from ay
in this NNd) that remains your own o her person.
of your heart
These are your "whispers of your mind but also the "compartment"
Personal Pronoun
that neither I nor anyone else
will ever penetrate.
Forever strangero Inversion of title highlights that things are indefinite. TheMe-bcing alone
isnot lonelincss
Ne cue Sciitcuy icin*
that enycCicUen
om.
en ambmets thrccrout the pem The incIusicn cf us,ycV cund crher
modeins that ifs a modnl post peiscncl pronouns Suggest that
sty ie cf tho pcet is not ulone: AI| Of us
feuls tos fel the scme hay.
Ue mT MeCIning fs tnan it CUd be inprose
