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Emily Dickinson
(December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886 / Amherst / Massachusetts)
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  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!


Emily Dickinson

Submitted Date Friday, January 03, 2003



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Aya Kishiko (9/5/2011 4:31:00 AM)
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It's very nice.. ^_^..pfufufufu..his poetry is awesome
Rebecca Bell (8/31/2010 2:24:00 PM)
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This is so true! I love reading.
Bruna Araujo (3/25/2010 4:34:00 PM)
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I think I will use this for my Essay Literature: -)
Adam Sobh (4/10/2009 11:53:00 AM)
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I'm doing a project on Emily Dickinson for my 11th grade American Literature class, and i need to find a poem by Miss Emily Dickinson and then analyze it, i chose this poem, but i don't really understand it, so if anybody could please explain it to me and help me to better understand it, i would be extremely grateful.
Ismael Rivera (7/16/2008 6:08:00 PM)
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How a frigate? a frigate takes you to a place far away, so a book is to the mind as a frigate is to the body, understood? it talks about how inexpensive it is to go places if you have an imagination, basically, the imagination can go wherever, and books and poetry are the examples.
Naveed Akram (1/21/2008 5:26:00 PM)
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These are words of compelling talk - that of a book. To compare metaphorically a book to a frigate is most joking. How a frigate? Because simply it is huge and bulky, with windows for the thoughts, and a travel so profound as to disturb. The word ‘frugal’ used later is effectively comparing itself with ‘frigate’ earlier on. What disturbs me is the mention of the human soul and its indefinite article, rathe than ‘the’ being a replacement. The human soul is like a land far away, if you know what I mean. It carries a blending of happiness, due to the lack of oppression.
Pramod Khilery (9/25/2006 1:28:00 AM)
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How frugal is the chariot
which bears the human soul
lines ineffable
and thanks for blabla
Blabla Blablabla (8/2/2006 12:06:00 AM)
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frigate = high speed ship

frugal = cheap; inexpensive

these are words i had to look up. now you don't have to

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