Question

Below are passages from "Nature." Use the blanks provided to answer the questions about the

imagery in those passages.
1. "In good health, the air is a cordial of incredible virtue. Crossing a bare common, in snow
puddles, at twilight, under a clouded sky... I have enjoyed a perfect exhilaration.... In the
woods, too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough... Standing on the bare
ground my head bathed by the blithe air, and uplifted into infinite space-all mean egotism
vanishes." (pages 191-192)
a. What time of day is it when Emerson feels perfect exhilaration?
b. What is the weather like when Emerson feels perfect exhilaration?
c. Are there many other people around when Emerson feels perfect exhilaration?
d. According to Emerson, what effect do the woods have on how old a person feels?
e. Where is Emerson when his head feels uplifted into infinite space?
"... the same scene which yesterday breathed perfume and glittered... is overspread with
melancholy today. Nature always wears the colors of the spirit." (page 193)
a. What word in the above passage appeals to the sense of smell?
b. What sense is Emerson appealing to when he says that Nature wears the colors of the
spirit?

Answer 1

Emerson feels perfect exhilaration at twilight. The woods have the effect of making a person feel younger. Emerson is appealing to the sense of sight when he says that Nature wears the colors of the spirit.

Step-by-step explanation:

a. Emerson feels perfect exhilaration at twilight.

b. The weather is clouded when Emerson feels perfect exhilaration.

c. There are not many other people around when Emerson feels perfect exhilaration.

d. According to Emerson, the woods have the effect of making a person feel younger.

e. Emerson is standing on the bare ground when his head feels uplifted into infinite space.

a. The word 'perfume' appeals to the sense of smell in the above passage.

b. Emerson is appealing to the sense of sight when he says that Nature wears the colors of the spirit.

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