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Question
Think and answer:
Why are the sights said to ‘fly’?
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Solution
The sights are said to 'fly' because the poet is sitting in a fast-moving train and all the beautiful scenes he gets to see as glimpses just rush past him and disappear because of the speed of the train.
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