Compare Walt Whitman's 'To a Locomotive in Winter' with Emily Dickinson's 'I like to see it lap the miles.'

Essay from the year 2006 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,0, University of Marburg, course: Introduction to the study of English Literature, language: English, abstract: “To a Locomotive in Winter”, written by Walt Whitman, is about a locomotive, that is described as very strong and powerful in a positive way. In the poem it becomes clear that the speaker is a supporter of th...