What I saw Was Adlestrop—only the name And willows, willow-herb, and grass, And meadowsweet, and haycocks dry, No whit less still and lonely fair Than the high cloudlets in the sky.

"Adlestrop" is a poem by Edward Thomas. It is based on a railway journey Thomas took on 24 June 1914, during which his train briefly stopped at the now-closed station in the Gloucestershire village of Adlestrop. [1]

Adlestrop (/ ˈ æ d əl s t r ɒ p /) is a village and civil parish in the Cotswolds, 3 miles (5 km) east of Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire, England, on the county boundary with Oxfordshire. The River Evenlode forms the southwest boundary of the parish.

‘Adlestrop’ captures a fleeting moment of tranquility during an unexpected train stop. Through vivid imagery, Thomas paints a serene countryside scene, emphasizing the harmonious sounds of nature.

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It was late June. The steam hissed. Someone cleared his throat. No one left and no one came On the bare platform. What I saw Was Adlestrop—only the name And willows, willow-herb, and grass, And meadowsweet, and haycocks dry, No whit less …

2015年10月20日 · Like Rupert Brooke’s ‘ The Old Vicarage, Grantchester ‘, ‘Adlestrop’ describes the England of sunny innocence before August 1914, when the First World War would change everything. The train, symbol of modernity and movement, stops and allows Thomas, too, to stop, pause, contemplate, observe, and admire the surroundings.

Thomas was on a train from Oxford to Worcester, which made an unscheduled stop at the tiny Cotswold village of Adlestrop. The poem, then, had its origins in an unexpected event, a chance ...

Thomas is now widely regarded as one of the pre-eminent British poets of the twentieth century and poems such as ‘Adlestrop’ are among the best-loved in the language. His influence has been acknowledged by poets as diverse as W.H. Auden, Ted Hughes, Philip Larkin and Derek Walcott.

Justly famous is the poem 'Adlestrop', which reminds us that the old steam trains were very noisy in action when they came to a halt at a country station, then you would hear for the first time the sounds of the countryside.