The words that best describe the speaker's connection to nature in the excerpts from "Song of Myself" are sensual and primal. The speaker expresses an intense, visceral connection to nature through vivid imagery, highlighting the physical sensations and emotions associated with the natural world. The descriptions of scents, sounds, and tactile experiences demonstrate a deep appreciation and longing for the contact with nature, emphasizing a raw and fundamental bond.
Excerpts from "Song of Myself": 1, 2, 6, 52
Walt Whitman
1855
Houses and rooms are full of perfumes.... the shelves are crowded with perfumes,
I breathe the fragrance myself, and know it and like it,
The distillation would intoxicate me also, but I shall not let it.
The atmosphere is not a perfume.... it has no taste of the distillation.... it is odorless,
It is for my mouth forever.... I am in love with it,
I will go to the bank by the wood and become undisguised and naked,
I am mad for it to be in contact with me.
The smoke of my own breath,
Echoes, ripples, and buzzed whispers.... loveroot, silkthread, crotch and vine,
My respiration and inspiration.... the beating of my heart.... the passing of blood and air through my lungs,
The sniff of green leaves and dry leaves, and of the shore and dark-colored sea-rocks, and of hay in the barn,
The sound of the belched words of my voice.... words loosed to the eddies of the wind,
A few light kisses.... a few embraces.... reaching around of arms,
The play of shine and shade on the trees as the supple boughs wag,
The delight alone or in the rush of the streets, or along the fields and hill-sides,
The feeling of health.... the full-noon trill.... the song of me rising from bed and meeting the sun.
Which words best describe the speaker's connection to nature?
awed and frightened
excited and anxious
disjointed and unclear
sensual and primal
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