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Florazheng1015 Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

What lies beyond each bend? etc . TKS

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00Please give me a hand. TKS in advance 02br
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00Q1. What is the meaning of the following here? 02br
00what lies beyond each bend 02br
00Q2 Why did the writer say" I think I will stay awhile" when they cry with every mile?05002br
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00CONTEXT 02br
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00Old Train, I can hear your whistle blow 02br
00And I want to be jumping on again 02br
00Old Train, I've been everywhere you go 02br
00And I know what lies beyond each bend 02br
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00Old Train, each time you pass 02br
00Youre older than the last 02br
00And it seems Im too old for running 02br
00I hear your rusty wheels grate against the rails 02br
00They cry with every mile 02br
00And I think Ill stay awhile 010id15
  

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0 Hi floraz 02br 02br 00This sounds like a poem about a travelling man - the sort that used to jump on trains in US and travel around the country. They were called "hobos" (or "hoboes" sing. hobo ) 02br 02br 00This is from wikipedia: 02br 02br 00A hobo is a member of a distinctive sub-culture of homeless, travelling workers in the United States.

— Abbie1948

  • 0 Hi floraz 02br 02br 00This sounds like a poem about a travelling man - the sort that used to jump on trains in US and travel around the country.
  • They were called "hobos" (or "hoboes" sing.
  • hobo ) 02br 02br 00This is from wikipedia: 02br 02br 00A hobo is a member of a distinctive sub-culture of homeless, travelling workers in the United States.
  • 12blockquote 12br 02br 00It is a poem about the man getting to old to continue with his travelling.
  • 02br 01blockquote 00I've been everywhere you go 12br 10And I know what lies beyond each bend 12blockquote 12br 02br 00The man is saying that he has travelled on the train so often that he knows the route from memory.
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0 Hi floraz 02br
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00This sounds like a poem about a travelling man - the sort that used to jump on trains in US and travel around the country. They were called "hobos" (or "hoboes" sing. hobo ) 02br
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00This is from wikipedia: 02br
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00A hobo is a member of a distinctive sub-culture of homeless, travelling workers in the Unit
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0 Hi Abbie, 02br
00I can't help thumbing up for your very detailed and cool intrepretation for this lyrics. I got it now. It is the lyrics for a country song named OLD TRAIN sang by John Denver. 02br
00Thanks a lot! 02br
00Flora:) 0-
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0 Thanks, floraz. It's interesting to know this is a John Denver song, because as I was redaing it I was reminded of Woody Guthrie and some Tom Paxton songs written in tribute to him. 0-
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