myPerspectives English Language Arts
myPerspectives English Language Arts
1st Edition
Savvas Learning Co
ISBN: 9780133338805
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Page 209: Comprehension Check (Nature)

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The man who enters the woods “casts off his years” (Emerson, 205), and a sense of peace comes over you.
Exercise 2
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Emerson says that greatest delight of being in nature is “the suggestion of an occult relation between man and the vegetable,” (Emerson, 206) to know that you are not alone.
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Emerson says that nature will appear to be melancholy and sad when the one viewing it is sad because “nature wears the colors of the spirit” (Emerson, 206).
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“Nature” by Ralph Emerson discusses the rejuvenating and wonderful affects that being in the woods or in nature has on the spirit. The piece also mentions that nature’s effect on the spirit depends on the observers’ disposition, if they are sad, the woods will seem sad, if they are happy, the woods will seem beautiful and happy.
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