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Read the lines from "The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls." Along the sea-sands damp and brown The traveller hastens toward the town, What is the effect of the enjambment in these two lines? It emphasizes the idea that each li...
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Read the lines from "The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls." Darkness settles on roofs and walls, But the sea, the sea in darkness calls; The imagery in these lines evokes a sense of laziness. fear. mystery. despair.
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What does Emerson argue should be the basis of human actions in the second paragraph of “Self-Reliance”? the right to protect one’s property from damage by others confidence in one’s intelligence and inner worth a desire...
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How does the organization of the second paragraph of "Self-Reliance" contribute to Emerson’s purpose? The paragraph declares that high self-confidence is advisable and refers to the example of great people of all time pe...
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Which quotation from "Self-Reliance" best summarizes Emerson’s view on belief in oneself? These are the voices which we hear in solitude... We but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of...
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Read the excerpt from "Self-Reliance," by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Society is a joint-stock company, in which the members agree, for the better securing of his bread to each shareholder, to surrender the liberty and culture...
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Read the first paragraph of “Economy” from Walden. When I wrote the following pages, or rather the bulk of them, I lived alone, in the woods, a mile from any neighbor, in a house which I had built myself, on the shore of...
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Read the excerpt from the end of paragraph two of “Economy” from Walden. As for the rest of my readers, they will accept such portions as apply to them. I trust that none will stretch the seams in putting on the coat, fo...
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How does Thoreau defend his approach in the second paragraph of “Economy” in Walden? He uses the word “I” because he feels it sounds more interesting. He does not use first-person point of view because his is a fictional...
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Which statement best summarizes the third paragraph of “Economy” in Walden? Having finished framing his house, he sought out another house to dismantle for building materials. He found one and bought it cheaply. First he...
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What is similar about the love that is expressed in "That I did always love" and "'Why do I love' You, Sir?" In both poems, love is the cause of great pain. In both poems, love is shown to transform the speaker. In both...
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Read the first stanza of "The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls." The tide rises, the tide falls, The twilight darkens, the curlew calls; Along the sea-sands damp and brown The traveller hastens toward the town, And the tide ri...
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How are the speakers’ attitudes toward God and Death similar in "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" and "Some Keep the Sabbath Going to Church"? Both speakers appear confident and accepting. Both speakers seem fearful a...
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What does the first stanza of "Some Keep the Sabbath Going to Church" suggest about the speaker’s view of religious customs? She does not believe in creating religious customs. She participates in religious customs in an...
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Read the excerpt from Walden. [A]s the sun arose, I saw it [the pond] throwing off its nightly clothing of mist, and here and there, by degrees, its soft ripples or its smooth reflecting surface was revealed, while the m...
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Which best states the overall structure of Walden? The work describes the effect spending time in nature has on Thoreau, and then explains why it has that effect. The work describes Thoreau’s thoughts over the course of...
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Read the quotation from "Some Keep the Sabbath Going to Church." And instead of tolling the Bell, for Church, Our little Sexton – sings. What is the most likely reason for the poet to oppose the phrases “tolling the Bell...
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Which best describes the tone shared by "A Psalm of Life" and "Auspex"? mournful energetic serious regretful
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What does each stanza in "Auspex" show? several interpretations of the same issue different ways the poet approaches his predicament the different stages of a natural process the ways in which the poet tries to change hi...
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Read the quotation from "A Psalm of Life." Let the dead past bury its dead! What is the effect of the repetition of the word “dead” in this line? It serves as a reminder that the past is comprised of the actions of peopl...
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Read the first stanza of "Auspex." My heart, I cannot still it, Nest that had song-birds in it; And when the last shall go, The dreary days to fill it, Instead of lark or linnet, Shall whirl dead leaves and snow. The spe...
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How does the progress of the last paragraph of “Where I Lived and What I Lived For” communicate the main idea of Walden? Just as the paragraph moves from images of the water to those of the earth, Thoreau moves from emot...
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Read the lines from "Because I Could Not Stop for Death." And I had put away My labor and my leisure too, For His Civility – What is the purpose of the words “labor” and “leisure”? They are aspects of life that frustrate...
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In the first paragraph of “Conclusion” in Walden, how does Thoreau explain his departure from the woods? He explains that he left the woods because he had nothing left to write about. He views his departure as a rejectio...
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Read the excerpt from Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Nature. But if a man would be alone, let him look at the stars. The rays that come from those heavenly worlds, will separate between him and what he touches. One might think th...
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