Poetry Analysis- The Night Ride

Poetry Analysis- The Night Ride

The Night-Ride is a poem by Kenneth Slessor and is about when he is dozing off, but witnesses a few forlorn travelers endeavoring to catch a train. It is an exceedingly vivid and realistic descriptive poem to keep the readers amazed and mystified.

In the first few lines of the poem, Slessor depicts the heavy and cumbersome train and also the hectic hassle and bustle on the train station. He brings realism into the poem by portraying the train as if it was a factual living thing. Kenneth continuously uses human analogies like “yawning” and “shaking and plunging” to embed the image into the reader’s mind and in...