Here is the synopsis of our sample research paper on Dickinson and Wilbur. Have the paper e-mailed to you 24/7/365.
Essay / Research Paper Abstract
A 3 page paper which compares Emily Dickinson’s “I Like to
see it lap the miles” and Richard Wilbur’s “A Fire Truck.” No additional sources cited.
Page Count:
3 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JR7_RAdckwil.rtf
Buy This Term Paper »
Unformatted sample text from the term paper:
a man made vehicle. Interestingly enough, we do not often imagine poetry, or really classic poetry, as utilizing a vehicle for its subject matter. In this case we have a
train, in Dickinsons poem, and a fire truck in Wilburs poem. The following paper first examines each poem separately and then compares the two in their subject matter and their
apparent themes. Dickinson As mentioned, Emily Dickinsons poem is about the railway trains. She states, "I like to see it lap the miles,/ And lick the valleys up,/
And stop to feed itself at tanks" (1-3). She talks of how it moves around mountains, and by "shanties by the sides of roads" (Dickinson 7). This appears to be
a somewhat enjoyable poem, perhaps a poem that tells how trains are a wondrous thing, a magical and romantic thing. But, then we read how the train moves, "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"
(Dickinson 10-16). In these lines we see how the train is a somewhat romantic thing, but also a powerful and noisy and invasive thing as well. And, in the end
it becomes docile, perhaps nothing, without the power of men. It waits at its stable to be ridden once more. We see how she relates it to a horse, through
neighing and stable, but we also get the sense that she is not perhaps incredibly thrilled with trains because of their invasive loud and aggressive nature. A Fire
Truck This poem, obviously about a fire truck, presents us with a narrator who hears the sound of the siren, a sound that obviously interrupts perhaps a grand thought, or
...