The poem `Reindeer and Engine' is mainly about conflicts between man and nature. Josephine Jacobsen uses a reindeer and a train to illustrate the struggles when the two clash together. She focuses on capturing the motions and the reactions of the reindeer to make us experience the conflicts through her poem.

The way the title is expressed actually somewhat relates to the poem's meaning. The decision to place the word "Reindeer" before "Engine" hints that the reindeer is more important to the poet. Furthermore, the title itself is a juxtaposition. The two words seem to be the antithesis of each other, hinting the inevitable collision between the reindeer and the train. The poet uses uncomplicated vocabulary and direct speech predominantly to create a simple and straightforward tone. The tone is generally uniform throughout the poem, until the last three lines when it gets emotional and slower, because the...