Poetic Analysis of I like to see it lap the miles by Emily Dickinson PDF

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Paragraph Poetic Analysis of I like to see it lap the miles by Emily Dickinson, includes figurative language and repetition in its symbols in the poem...

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I like to see it lap the Miles by Emily Dickinson, published in 1891, establishes a 4-stanza poem centered around a living train. It is written as a breathing creature, such as in lines 2 and 3, “And lick the Valleys up - /And stop to feed itself at Tanks - .” Dickinson suggests the actions of this train mirrors that of a horse or other large animal. The entire poem rests on the figurative symbol of how the train travels between cities and moves just like an animal. She compares the train and the train station to a stable, “Then - prompter than a Star / Stop - docile and omnipotent / At it's own stable door - .” The last 3 lines signify how the travel of the train stops at each station, similar to a horse with the reference to a stable door. There is an emphasis on the audibility of the poem, allowing the reader to gain a greater understanding of the actions of the moving train as it travels from city to city. She uses keywords such as “hooting”, “neigh”, and “complaining,” all to give the train animal-like traits. Not only do those words set off each stanza, it is incredibly important to the perception of the poem, as the reader can not only visualize the rumbling and groaning engine of the train, but also audibly hear its whistle as it races through the town....