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This poem, "I like to see it lap the miles," compares a horse to an "iron" horse or train. Emily Dickinson uses good metaphors in this poem to describe a horse as a train. She describes it as a horse and then adds train characteristics to it such as, "Complaining all the while, In horrid-- hooting stanza --" and "...Stop to feed itself at Tanks--." The first quote gives the horse characteristics of being noisy and the horn is in a certain tune. The second quote explains that the train refuels at gas tanks. Emily Dickinson used very creative metaphors in this poem.

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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. 1205461059