The poem “Train Dreaming” by Kathryn A. Wilson is a very nice work since it deals with a every-day topic which has been experienced by everyone I guess- going by train. The speaker talks about how she likes being on train during night and how it differs from staying at home in her own “bed” that is “too big”.
It helps her to fall asleep if she pretends “to feel the rock and moan of the cars/ ca-thwack/ ca-thwack/ ca-thwack”. These lines literally create of the sound a train makes and remember me of train rides I made before. However, in contrast to the speaker I prefer sleeping in my bed, because the sounds a train makes do not really comfort me. So, I can only think of uncomfy rides. And I was also able to sleep, however, I awoke more exhausted than I was before.
The speaker describes how she feels in her bed and she says “Whilst on train, one’s body feels equally worse in the morning”. But she likes waking up “someplace new and interesting”. It is nice, indeed, falling asleep at one place and awake someplace else. These lines strongly remind me of my childhood. Whenever my family and I planned a trip I went to bed very early because I could not wait to leave. And time seems to pass much faster while being asleep than it would while being awake.
Anyway, I’m not sure if the poem really is about being on a train, because the speaker stresses how bad and uncomfy she feels in her big bed that “spits (her) up on the couch/ like an unwanted bone”. So I guess she feels misplaced at home for some reason and only appreciates going by train, because she can escape from home, then.
It helps her to fall asleep if she pretends “to feel the rock and moan of the cars/ ca-thwack/ ca-thwack/ ca-thwack”. These lines literally create of the sound a train makes and remember me of train rides I made before. However, in contrast to the speaker I prefer sleeping in my bed, because the sounds a train makes do not really comfort me. So, I can only think of uncomfy rides. And I was also able to sleep, however, I awoke more exhausted than I was before.
The speaker describes how she feels in her bed and she says “Whilst on train, one’s body feels equally worse in the morning”. But she likes waking up “someplace new and interesting”. It is nice, indeed, falling asleep at one place and awake someplace else. These lines strongly remind me of my childhood. Whenever my family and I planned a trip I went to bed very early because I could not wait to leave. And time seems to pass much faster while being asleep than it would while being awake.
Anyway, I’m not sure if the poem really is about being on a train, because the speaker stresses how bad and uncomfy she feels in her big bed that “spits (her) up on the couch/ like an unwanted bone”. So I guess she feels misplaced at home for some reason and only appreciates going by train, because she can escape from home, then.
