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!
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!
I absolutely love the first two lines of this poem! The first two lines read:
There is no frigate like a book
To take us lands away,
To take us lands away,
I like the first two lines of this poem because I have always felt that a book can take the reader far away to lands that are beyond our imagination. Lands that require us to have an imagination in order to reach the destination. The amazing thing about books is that they have scenes that we may never dream of or see in reality. I love picking up a good book and reading it, but I always end up getting lost in the pages and read far much more than I planned to read. Do you think it is possible for a book to take us to lands that are far away from reality?
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