Question

Summarize the literal meaning of "The Railway Train."

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 sides, 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.

Answer 1

Answer:

In the poem Emily Dickinson presents the Railway train in the metaphor of a mythical horse. The metaphor is appropriate, because it suggests the superhuman power of the train. ... The speaker appreciates the train's speed and power as it goes through valleys, stops for fuel, then "steps" around some mountains

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Answer 2

Answer:

Area of a trapezium = (1/2) bh