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Read “The Railway Train” by Emily Dickinson. Which line suggests that the train has horse-like qualities? 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 sides of roads; And then a quarry pare To fit its sides, and crawl between, Complaining all the while In horrid, hooting stanza; Then chase itself down hill And neigh like Boanerges; Then, punctual as a star, Stop—docile and omnipotent— At its own stable door.

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Answer:The lines “I like to see it lap the miles” and “Then chase itself down the hill and neigh like Boanerges”

Explanation:This line stands out the most because neighing is a horses characteristic it easily and most closely personifies the train in comparison to the horse

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