“I Like to See It Lap the Miles” In “I Like to See It Lap the Miles‚” Emily Dickinson uses metaphoric comparisons of a train to a horse. Dickinson also uses distinctive vocabulary to emphasize objects and places in the poem‚ perhaps to confuse the reader on what the poem is truly about. Although the poem never mentions the words “train” or “horse”‚ Dickinson’s choice of words makes the reader think it is about a train. In the poem Dickinson gives the train characteristics that relateto the
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From Grandeur to Arrogance Walt Whitman ’s poem‚ "To a Locomotive in Winter" and Emily Dickinson ’s "I Like to See It Lap The Miles" are two different poems about the same subject‚ the steam engine. Where Whitman uses solely free verse‚ Dickinson’s poem more closely follows standard writing practices‚ with very structured line breaks. Another key difference in these works is the speech they use; Whitman uses "old English" laden with thee and thy‚ whereas Dickinson uses fairly modern terminology
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Emily Dickinson’s poem “I like to see it lap the Miles”‚ is greatly comparable to Elizabeth Bishop’s poem “Manner”s “I like to see it lap the Miles” is about a train that is moving along a track in the mountains‚ while “Manners” is about a grandfather teaching his grandchild about manners while driving a wagon. Within both of the poems there is a theme of new technology‚ however the authors describe this theme from contrasting perspectives‚ with Bishop being more hopeful of the future than the fearful
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insatiable curiosity as to what‚ if anything‚ lies undemeath her shayll! Later‚ in a gym across town‚ a world-class rockclimber named Alex apes the graceful movements of a primate as he swings from hold to hold‚ his shirtless torso glistening with sweat. I gaze at my climbing mentor with rapt attention‚ my own climbing-shoed foot poised painfully over a tiny outcropping on the rock. Even at my young age‚ I’m struck by the realization that Alex has achieved his level of skill through the same single-minded
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The background of Locomotive by Brian Floca can be traced back to 1869. As a picture book‚ older age people can appreciate its details and history. Brian Floca takes his readers to a cross-country journey with him in Locomotive. According to one of its book reviews‚ “In a collegial direct address‚ he invites readers to join a family-mother‚ daughter and son- on one of the first passenger trips from Omaha to Sacramento after the meeting of the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific in May 1869” (Kirkus)
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Walt Whitman’s poem "To a Locomotive in Winter" and Emily Dickinson’s poem "I Like to See it Lap Miles" are both based on what had been upcoming in their era: locomotives. Whitman used Old English to protray his admiration with the train‚ especially it’s physique and ’will’‚ while Dickinson uses modern language to observe what the train does and how it acts. It almost seems as though Whitman is sexually describing the train‚ as if it’s a romantic poem of someone he loves. He describes the train
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reading this book if I saw someone like Auggie I would have definitely reacted differently. The character I think I would have reacted similar to would be Charlotte. In the book August says when he meets Charlotte “she gave me a quick wave‚ a smile‚ and said nice to meet you”. If I were to meet someone like Auggie I probably would have done something similar. Normally when meeting someone I would shake his or her hand but I would most likely be a little shy around someone like August. Charlotte was
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Nationalism As I See It “Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.” Wrote Albert Einstein in his book The World as I See It. In this source‚ Einstein presents a perspective of antinationalism. A point of view that apposes nationalism‚ arguing that it is undesirable or dangerous. Antinationalists are humanitarians who pursue a world community‚ and self-identity as world citizens. They desire humans to live in peace‚ rather than constant conflict by rejecting chauvinism
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Change can be seen as a form of transformation or conversion. A form of change can be seen in “Victory Lap” by George Saunders‚ a short story written in such a way that the events that are enrolling throughout the story are being processed and told through the minds of three main characters. Having the perspective of each character allows us‚ the readers to get a much greater understanding about them and to make a better character analysis. Having said that‚ this story is simply about a girl‚ Alison
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Yet in spite of its solemn buildings and its lack of fire-escapes‚ ventilation‚ sanitation‚ and up-to-date kitchen facilities‚ I persist in my assertion that I believe that CPU (China Pharmaceutical University) ‚ in its way‚ is the greatest school in which I have studied. I am aware that this is an extreme statement and needs the explanation. CPU is much larger in numbers‚ for example‚ than my middle school--XMFLS(Xiamen Foreign Language School)‚ and is much richer. To mention XMFLS beside the 13
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