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I like to see it lap the Miles — And lick the Valleys up — And stop to feed itself at Tanks — And then — prodigious step

Around a Pile of Mountains — And supercilious peer In Shanties — by the sides of Roads — And then a Quarry pare

To fit its Ribs And crawl between Complaining all the while In horrid — hooting stanza — Then chase itself down Hill —

And neigh like Boanerges — Then — punctual as a Star Stop — docile and omnipotent At its own stable door —

I thought this poem was very interesting, but hard to comprehend at first. This poem "I like to see it lap the Miles", is a very tricky poem. We discussed it thoroughly in class and Br.Tom really did a good job of explaining what it was really about. Through the poem you get the assumption that Dickinson is talking about a horse, especially in the last stanza "And neigh like Boanerges", and the last line of the poem "At its own stable door." Dickinson is actually comparing a horse to a train, which is what she is really talking about through the poem. In the first stanza, Dickinson starts off by saying "I like to see it lap the Miles", if you think you can obviously see that is related to a train. In the 2nd stanza, Dickinson explains how the train goes around a pile of mountains, and shacks, by the sides of roads. In the 3rd stanza, the first line was very interesting "To fit its Ribs", in class BRTOM said the ribs could possibly mean the actual railroad tracks, and I would definitley have to agree with that statement, its basically the only one that makes any sense. Also, we recieve another major clue that Dickinson is talking about a train "In horrid--hooting stanza-- Then chase itself down Hill--." In the last stanza the line "And neigh like Boanerges", is talking about the train making its traditional "choo choo" sound. Overall, this was a very good poem but without the help in class I don't think I would of came to this kind of understanding of it, that made it easier to see exactly how Dickinson was talking about a train, and not a horse. 1203870275

This poem is very interesting. I had to re-read it a few times to get even close to what it remotely is trying to say. To start of you can tell it’s one of Emily’s comparison poems that obviously are talking about a horse. But I found it hard to find what she was trying to say and compare to horse too. I don’t remember going over this poem in our class but I would agree with the person above me that she is comparing a horse to a train. There are many clues throughout the poem that support that idea. When looking at the poem I can’t find one instance that sticks out more than others in the comparison, but I did pick a comparison that I liked, “And neigh like Boanerges” This comparison is probably the most straight forward and at the same time its still good. I also like when she talks about the horse’s ribs, I do think it relates to the train tracks especially when she says “and crawl between”. Emily is just all in all very creative and this was a amazing work that I could never dream of doing. 1204054369

I had a hard time understanding this poem. It was definitely one of the hardest Emily Dickinson poems for me to understand. I re-read this poem like five times before I started to understand it. When I first read it I thought Emily Dickinson was talking about a horse. I thought this because she said stuff like..."stable door". When I here the word "stable" I often think of a farm. And Dickinson also talks about "lapping the miles" this sounds like she is talking about an animal that can run. But once I read "To fit its Ribs" it made me realize that Dickinson wasn't exactly talking about a horse, or any animal. I think that Emily Dickinson is talking about a train. It makes since. This is a really cool way that she described it. I really like when she says " And neigh like Boanerges —" because she is talking about the sound the train makes, and I think it was very creative to put that in there, and not just describe how they look or act but to compare noises too. I also like how she compares "stable" to a train station. This was also a very creative thing to add into the poem. I liked this poem, even though it was hard at first. But once I understood it, it was a really enjoyable poem to read. 1204085241

I think that this poem is also about a horse except i don't understand where everyone is coming up with a train. I think that the horse is traveling on a journey and the poem talks about him traveling through mountains and over the valleys. I think in the poem, Emily Dickinson compares " the stable door" to a home, that at the end of every journey that we go through in life, we can always come home. I think that if the poem was talking about a train and a horse it would be an interesting comparrison because a train has a final destination and a horse always travels to go somewhere or to complete a task and that these two objects relate in such a diffferent way.1204168233ape2

I really liked this poem you just had to think during that time period to figure out what it really meant. At first I though that this poem was talking about a horse like everyone else in our class. Br. Tom really gave us a great explaination on this particular poem. Throughout the poem you get the feeling that Dickinson is talking about a horse when she says, "And stop to feed itself at Tanks." She is actually comparing a horse to a train. In the first stanza she it says "I like to see it lap the miles" when you actually think about it it realates to a train quite well. In the second stanza she starts talking about how the train goes arond mountains, "Around a Pile of Mountains." The line that really got me was " To fit its ribs" and Br. Tom explained to us that ribs mean tracks. I really liked this poem it was fun and it made you think to find out the real meaning. 1204492007