Emily's Frugal Literary Devices
...” (3) helps the reader understand that a page in a book or poem actually moves one along mentally. Next, the overstatements in Dickinson’s poem are important literary devices. In the overstatement “To take us Lands away” (2), Dickinson does not actually mean that a book carries one to another place as a vehicle does. The overstatement is actually referring to the way one’s mind imagines being in a different place when reading a book. Second, the imagery Dickinson uses in “There is no Firgate like a Book” is an important literary device. Imagery, while connecting with one’s senses, helps the reader grasp more feeling about what he or she is reading. For example, Dickinson’s words “Coursers like a Page” (3) help the reader feel that he or she is actually moving with the pages in a book or poem. In another example, the words “prancing Poetry” (4) help the reader imagine himself dancing and jumping through each line of the poetry he reads. Also, imagery helps the reader to imagine himself in certain situations. Also, one can imagine a scene better when he can visualize his surroundings. For these reasons, the imagery Dickinson uses in “There is no Frigate like a Book” is important. Finally, the connotations Dickinson uses in “There is no Frigate like a Book” is important. When Dickinson writes, “Frigate like a Book” (1), she is actually telling the reader that a book is an enormous transportation vessel, and that it is capable of moving information into the human mind the same way a giant ship transports people and goods across ...