Question

In Emily Dickinson's poem "There is no frigate like a book," which word would give a negative connotation if it were used instead of frugal?

cheap
economical
prudent
thrifty

Answer 1

Thrifty

Step-by-step explanation:

The line compares a “Frigate,” or a large ship to a “Book”. A reader can intuit from just this first line what the speaker believes about the power of Books. They can, like large ships, take one to new places. They allow a reader to escape their normal, mundane world and visit new ones.