The poem, “A Book” is a
lyrical poem that was written by Emily Dickinson. The poet is the person
speaking in the poem, and also is the person talking to the reader. The poet is
telling him or her how books are an inexpensive way for people to travel to
different places.
The poem only has one
rhyme in modern English, “soul” and “toll”. But when the poem was written, “poetry”
probably rhymed with “away”. The poet
tells the reader that books take you to faraway places in your head, without
actually travelling there. She then goes on to describe how it barely costs any
money to buy a book, and you don’t need anything else. Then she declares that
people who are too poor to visit faraway lands can use a book to do so inexpensively.
