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Q. Which meter is this poem written in?
Iambic Pentameter
Common Meter
Hexameter
Octameter
Q. When the speaker describes the train as "punctual as a star," this is an example of what?
Simile
Metaphor
Alliteration
Assonance
Q. What is an important theme in Dickinson's poem?
Youth
Betrayal
Transformation
Sin
Q. This poem gives us a view of what?
Contrasting emotions
Contrasting ambitions
Contrasting dreams
Contrasting regions
Q. The train is an emblem of what in the poem?
The other
Madness
Strength and skill
Greed