"I Like to See It Lap the Miles" by Emily Dickinson 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 shantles by the sides of roads; And then a quarry pare To fit its sides, and crawl between, Complaining all the while Ir 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. This poem describes a train as if it were a horse. Examine the imagery of the line in bold. What does it describe? (10 points)

50 ! your poem must include the following: ● poetic form: lines and stanzas (not paragraphs! ) o your poem needs to be at least 10 lines long. ● sensory details/strong imagery o “paint a picture” and/or create an emotion with your words, word choice is key in poetry ● figurative language o include at least one of the following: metaphor, simile, and/or personification (click here for more info. on these) ● sound devices o include at least one of the following: repetition, rhyme, rhythm, meter, onomatopoeia, and/or alliteration (click here for more info. on these) ● labels o underneath your poem, include the words from the poem that represent the figurative language and sound devices and label them o examples: booming bombs - alliteration; like a firefly - simile you so