... is coming from a superior place and is venturing down the "tilting road" into a "distant valley." Murray use's the word "tilting" (Line 3) very effectively as it brings sudden change to the calm that is portrayed in the first two lines which are almost dreamy, as if the speaker is suddenly plunging into an inferior state. "You drive without haste." He ends his first sentence with the word "haste," directly meaning a "rapidity of action," which is quite different to the rhythm that is apparent thus far. We are then introduced to the idea of the detachment of the speaker and his direct surroundings. He is enclosed in his vehicle, separate from his surroundings, his "windscreen" being the only entity separating him and his surroundings, "parting the forest." His detachment from his surroundings can be further seen due to his use of the word "Your," resulting in a further ...

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