Undue significance a starving man attaches
To food
Far off; he sighs, and therefore hopeless,
And therefore good.
Partaken, it relieves indeed, but proves us
That spices fly
In the receipt. It was the distance
Was savory.
The Question and Answer section for Emily Dickinson’s Collected Poems is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
The "chariot" and the "Emperor" leave the soul unmoved.
The speaker knows the answer.
The main idea in Dickinson's poem, I Like to See It Lap the Miles, is her fascination and admiration for trains.
It waits upon the lawn;
It shows the furthest tree
Upon the furthest slope we know;
It almost speaks to me.
We see light as personified as a sprite or fairy-like being prancing about the natural landscape.
