William Hathway Poem - Book Report/Review Example

As the train passes by, the cheerful wave by the couple to the arm which waves from a black window, indicating that what looks good in front of eyes is actually not good in reality. Initially, the poet puts the readers in a situation that consists of tenderness, romance, and denoting. Then the poet tries to make the readers aware of the filthy reality of the world by using the words like ‘fifty Hell’s Angels, poised and growling’. This is what life really is. Life is unpredictable, one minute we are waving to choo-choo and imagining ourselves as ‘President’ or ‘First Lady’, but in the next minute, we are confronted by the fifty Hell’s Angels.

The poet tried to mirror the fact of young people's innocence which is being lost in the harshness of the world. Hathway first creates a profound pleasant environment and then vanishes it up with the surprisingly unpleasant reality.