Analysis of Emily Dickinson’s poem ‘There is no Frigate like…

Read Emily Dickinson’s poem “There is no Frigate like a Book” on the Readings 1 Download Readings 1page. Then, listen to the recording of it below. After reading the poem carefully and looking up any unfamiliar words, write a 400600 word essay in which you identify the poem’s central metaphor and explain what that metaphor reveals about the work that literature can perform. To fully develop your idea, explain how the poem’s central metaphor relates to each complete thought in the poem (note that each pair of lines forms a complete sentence).