The Magic of Books

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There is no Fragate like a book

To take us Lands away

Nor any Courses like a Page

of prancing PoetryThis Traverse may the poorest take

Without oppress of Toll

How frugal is the Chariot

That bears the Human soul

Emily Dickinson

Sometimes we cannot afford to buy a plane ticket, and travel to distant places. What we can do is travel through the pages of a book. Therefore, I wanted to share this short poem with you, so this idea is better illustrated. Firstly, I would like to explain something about the poem´s meaning, and then I would like to share some of my own thoughts. I do not know if any of those who are kindly enough as to readthis piece, had the chance to read any of Emily Dickinson´s writings. if not, I strongly recommend that you put it into consideration. As you have probably notice after reading the poem above, She compares books with a frigate which "will take us lands away". All of us, at least once in our life, have had the feeling that we were transported to the exact place where the story of the book we were reading took place. In line five, Dickinson writes "this Traverse may the poorest take". The good thing about reading is that it is cheap, and everybody can do it. Moreover, it is cheaper to travel with the mind. I beleive that once you are enchanted by the magic of books, you cannot scape from it. Another consequence of travelling through books is that you get to know a lot of characters you never saw before in your life. Therefore, you take a glimpse at their deepest thoughts and emotions. And, more often than not, you get to love some of them and to hate others. But, again, this is part of the trip. Finally, for those who are already travellers within these imaginary trips, I encourage them to go on being part of this. For those who are not, I tell them to join us . You won´t regret it.