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 side of Roads
And then a Quarry pare.
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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 side of Roads
And then a Quarry pare.
Questions:
A. Identify the name of the author.
B. What does"it" in the first line mean?
C. What is the poem about?

A. Emily Dickinson.
B."It" means a train.
C. This poem is an interesting study of how Dickinson makes the train part of nature by animalizing it.