In “The railway modeller”, Pugh structures the poem using 4 stanzas of equal 7 line length. This regular, strict structure could reflect the monotonous and regular suffering that the speaker finds in his life. Conversely, this is immediately contrasted as Pugh also writes the poem in a free verse (“growing” and “fluff”), which may hint at the speaker’s desire to escape the endless monotony and, therefore, his desire for control and power in his life, which he finds in his hobby: His toy village. In his town, the speaker can simulate life as he wishes to, without the imperfections & suffering in reality. Thus, Pugh presents these hobbies as a way to escape the negativity of life through the contradicting form and structure. Additionally, Pugh includes numerous examples of enjambment throughout his poem, “the best part // of a village”; this could be highlighting the uncontrollable excitement the speaker feels towards his hobby. Just like the lines cannot be controlled, so is his excitement - His excitement overflows past each line. Alternatively, the enjambment makes the text harder to interpret, making the reader spend more time constructing the poem into a coherent whole. This would provide extra significance and focus on each line, helping to convey the importance of the speaker’s hobby to them. In the final stanza, Pugh introduces the volta, changing the narrator’s focus onto the horrors of reality as “today“ the news was discussing the law “to punish men with death.” This violent imagery highlights to the reader the true brutality that exists in the world. Interestingly, the narrator remains unfazed and continues to “perfect another passenger”. By placing this juxtaposition near the end of the poem, it could illustrate how hobbies can serve as a distraction to avoid the cruel nature of life, acting as a final message to the reader of the power of hobbies. To conclude, the poet consistently reinforces the idea of how hobbies are beautiful in their capacity to calm people down and bring peace to an otherwise hectic world, a world full of pain and imperfections, which is clearly shown through the imagery of “death”. Pugh successfully depicts how if one doesn’t take time out of their day to enjoy themselves through activities like modelling, negativity and monotony could consume them.