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"There is No Frigate Like a Book"

by Emily Dickinson

There is no frigate like a book
. To take us lands away,
Nor any coursers like a page
. Of prancing poetry.
This traverse may the poorest take
. Without oppress of toll;
How frugal is the chariot
. That bears a human soul!


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There s no frigate like a book
By Emily Dickinson
The meaning of the words:

Denotation

Frigate: ship, boat, and small.
Land: km, miles.
Courser:horse.
Prance: jump.
Traverse: movement from one side to another.
Chariot: fly.

Connotation

Frigate: Quick, speed, exploration, and adventure.
Land: People, live, and experience.
Courser:Speed, agility, and beauty.
Prance: Elegant movement.
Traverse: Hard and athletic person.
Chariot: Romantic and imagery.

Paraphrasing:
There is no frigate like a book
To take us away,
Nor any coursers like a page
Of prancing poetry
This traverse my the poorest take
Without oppress of toll
How frugal is the chariot
That bears the human soul!
In this poem Emily Dickinson is considering the power of a book or of poetry to carry us a way, to take us from our immediate surrounding into a world of the imagination. To do this she compared literature to various means of transportation: a boat, a team horses, and a wheeled land vehicle. But she has been careful to choose kinds of transportation and names for them that have romantic connotation. She said that literature and poetry are much better than frigate. Book is the best kind of ships and a page of poetry is much better than a horse. It is movement may take the people to another place without cost money. Books are cheap and good.
Theme:
Literature may create experience to us as we have travel and seen people get to know other culture. But literature is much better than frigate because it is easy to read, cheep, and you can learn from it.