This question is about the poem "There is no Frigate like a Book" by Emily Dickinson.
The meaning of the poem would not change with the replacement of words, however, the poem would be more elaborate, with a more elegant and dramatic language and this may not be the aim of the author, who preferred to use simpler words. This elegance would be imposed by the sound of words and by the cultured nature that they impose. They would also form a more subjunctive, less literal poem, since they would assume a more connotative and less direct role.
Odysseus first go to the Eumaeus’s because suitors who are trying to overtake his palace might try to kill him, he wants to know if his servants remain loyal to him. He also wants to find out if his wife, Penelope
