What are examples of similes from the text Walden?

Answer 1

The Train I like to see it lap the miles,

And lick the valleys up,

And stop to feed itself at tanks;

And then, prodigious, step Around a pile of mountains,

And, supercilious, peer

In shanties by the sides of roads;

And then a quarry pare To fit its sides, and crawl between, Complaining all the while

In horrid, hooting stanza;

Then chase itself down hill

And neigh like Boanerges;

Then, punctual as a start its own,

Stop-docile and omnipotent-

A stable door. by Emily Dickinson

Personification is the attributing of human qualities to non-human objects.

This is not to be confused with anthropomorphism, which is also the attributing of human characteristics to nonhuman objects, but anthropomorphism persists throughout an entire literary work. The animals in Aesop's Fables or The Chronicles of Narnia are good examples of anthropomorphism.

Answer 2

The Train

I like to see it lap the miles,
And lick the valleys up,
And stop to feed itself at tanks;
And then, prodigious, step Around a pile of mountains,
And, supercilious, peer
In shanties by the sides of roads;
And then a quarry pare

To fit its sides, and crawl between, Complaining all the while
In horrid, hooting stanza;
Then chase itself down hill

And neigh like Boanerges;
Then, punctual as a start its own,
Stop-docile and omnipotent-
A stable door.

by Emily Dickinson

Answer 3

Ch. 2 "…as the sun arose, I saw it throwing off its nightly clothing of mist…"

(this is only one example...i would encourage anyone reading this to add on to this list if they can)

D2

Answer 4

1. "Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in." (Chapter 2)
2. "Men think that it is essential that the Nation have commerce, and export ice, and talk through a telegraph, and ride thirty miles an hour, without a doubt, whether they do or not." (Chapter 1)
3. "We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn." (Chapter 1)

Answer 5

"The wind was trying to whisper something to me"