1. Vocabu-lit Lesson 2 By Charlotte Orso
“The Railway Train” by Emily Dickinson

2. docile
Easy to manage; submissive
Adjective

3. lap
To lick up
Verb

4. neigh
To make the cry of a horse; whinny
Verb

5. omnipotent
Unlimited power
Almighty
Adjective

6. pare
To cut or trim
verb

7. peer
Gawk
Stare at something
verb

8. prodigious
Amazing
Extraordinary in size or quality
adjective

9. punctual
On Time
Prompt
adjective

10. Stanza
Unit of a poem or song
Verse
noun

11. Supercilious Snobbish
having or showing the proud and unpleasant attitude of people who think that they are better or more important than other people
adjective

12. Personification
The entire poem (The Railway Train) is a personification poem. Personification is where you attribute human characteristics to something that is not human.

13. The Railway Train by Emily Dickinson

14. Examples of Personification
Emily Dickinson says that the railway train laps, licks, feeds, steps, peers, and crawls. Those are examples of personification.