Question

What view is Samuel Taylor Coleridge expressing in this excerpt from "Work Without Hope"?

ALL Nature seems at work. Slugs leave their lair—
The bees are stirring—birds are on the wing . . .
Work without Hope draws nectar in a sieve,
And Hope without an object cannot live.

1 Nature's work is busy, but rarely productive.
2 One should not meddle with nature's progress.
3 Nature is always able to find a source of inspiration.
4 One should look to nature as an example for human behavior.

Answer 1

In this excerpt from "Work Without Hope" Samuel Taylor Coleridge describes how all the participant in the natural landscape in from of him are so busy working hard and fulfilling its purpose, but he is only a spectator, without hope and motivation, we can infer his idea that one should look to nature as an example for human behavior.

Answer 2

"Work Without Hope" is actually a poem that was written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and based on the given above taken from this poem, the view that he is expressing is option 4. This means that one should consider the nature as an example of how humans should behave. Hope this helps.