Authors Note:This essay is about the figurative language in the poem "The Train" and how it effects the mood.
"I like to see it lap the miles" is just one example of figurative language from "The Train", by Emily Dickinson. The poet makes the reader feel as if the train is a beast who is doing a great job. She includes a wide variety of figurative language throughout the poem. The mood the reader will generally get is either wisdom or tiredness.
The poets' wide variety of figurative language includes Allusions. The allusion "And neigh like Boanerges" provides the reader with vivid imagery. This phrase gave me the impression that the train was a big train who moved loudly as if it was a god. The tone of the phrase keeps the reader feeling the same way as when they started reading the poem. It continues to give the impression that the train is majestic and powerful.
Even more great imagery was produced by the poet in the second phrase. It was a personification that said " And lick the valleys up". It is a personification because the poet gave the train human life abilities. Since the train can't actually lick it shows that it is a fast train that goes through valleys with tremendous speed. The tone the poet has is pride towards the train. She is clearly dedicated to proving the train is the all mighty.
Although the figurative language made the tone shine as a certain way they also made me, the reader, fell certain ways. For example when the poet used the personification "And stop to feed itself at tanks", it gave me the impression that the train was a hard working train. Although the personification " And lick the valleys up" gave me the impression that was fast slim train. In the end the figurative language made the whole poem more clear on he poets true intentions.
The figurative language throughout the story continued to provide the reader with great imaginary. The wide variety of figurative language kept the reader from feeling boredom. I know that I defiantly wanted to finish the poem just to see if there was more details about the train. In the end the figurative language kept the reader from quitting the story early.
