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All of the sights of the hill and the plain

Fly as thick as driving rain;
And ever again, in the wink of an eye,
Painted stations whistle by. Here is a child who clambers and scrambles,
All by himself and gathering brambles
Here is a cart run away in the road
Lumping along with man and load;
And here is a mill, and there is a river:
Each a glimpse and gone for ever!
In this passage from Robert Louis Stevenson's poem "From a Railway Carriage,"
What is the function of rhyme and rhythm

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Rhyme and rhythm in Robert Louis Stevenson's poem "From a Railway Carriage" serve to boost the musicality and flow of the lines.

They create a sense of movement and capture the vibrant experience of traveling by train.

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