THERE IS NO FRIGATE LIKE A BOOK

 THERE IS NO FRIGATE LIKE A BOOK by Emily Dickinson

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VOCABULARY:

"Courser": corcel (poetic word for "horse")

"Prancing": "To prance" - Brincar, dar saltos

"Frugal"  "inexpensive"

“Chariot” is a  mode of transportation (carro). 

"Toll": peaje, precio a pagar por un recorrido 

The poet writes only eight lines to express that reading is vital . Dickinson mainly compares reading to modes of transportation; 

-A page of poetry  is just like riding a horse. It can prance across the page and carry people to wider places. 

-The chariot in the poem is the chariot that holds, not just a person, as a chariot holds, but the person’s entire soul . It is the action of reading. 

Essentially, these three comparisons (the ones about the frigate, the chariot and the one about the horse) show that books are able to carry people to distant places just like boats, chariots and horses do but more in a mental rather than a physical way.

When people engage in reading they can be taken to distant places . "Without opress of toll" means without having to pay for travelling. In conclusion, if you like reading, you will have the privilege to visit distant places easily

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Matilda" is the story of an extraordinary girl who is brilliant. Unfortunately, though, Matilda has grown up with parents who do not give her any attention or love. But rather than feel hopeless she reads and reads, and ....

“The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives. She went on olden-day sailing ships with Joseph Conrad. She went to Africa with Ernest Hemingway and to India with Rudyard Kipling. She travelled all over the world while sitting in her little room in an English village.”

c) Answer this question:

Can you see any connection between the quote (cita)  above and the message in Emily Dickinson´s poem? . Explain