The Railway Train Emily Dickinson, 1896 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 Boanerges1; Then, punctual as a star, Stop—docile and omnipotent— At its own stable door. 1The name of a thoroughbred race horse famous in North America in the late 19th century Read these lines from Emily Dickinson's "The Railway Train": And neigh like Boanerges; Then, punctual as a star, Stop—docile and omnipotent— At its own stable door. Which of the following correctly explains how this stanza provides clues to the culture for which this poem was written? The phrase docile and omnipotent suggests the poem was written when people admired horses more. The phrase neigh like Boanerges suggests the poem was written when horses were only used for racing. The phrase punctual as a star suggests the poem was written when people knew little about astronomy. The phrase stable door suggests the poem was written when horses were used for transportation.