Question

Read these lines from the poem:

I like to see it lap the miles,
And lick the valleys up,
And stop to feed itself at tanks;
Why might the poet have described the railway train as "feed[ing] itself"?
A) to demonstrate that the train did not have an owner to feed it
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B) to show the reader that the train was feeling hungry
OC) to make the train seem like an animal that could think and act for itself
D) to explain that the train was able to eat food

Answer 1

C) to make the train seem like an animal that could think and act for itself

Step-by-step explanation:

It adds to the personification in the poem of "I, see, lick, feed itself",

so it is likely that the poet was intending this line to personify the train