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, for it may do good service to him whom it fits.How does this imagery illustrate Thoreau’s message to readers?
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 of the eater. The virtue in most request is conformity. Self-reliance is its aversion.Based on the excerpt, what is Emerson’s view of the relationship between society and individuals?
How does the organization of the second paragraph of "Self-Reliance" contribute to Emerson’s purpose?
Read the lines from "The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls." Along the sea-sands damp and brownThe traveller hastens toward the town,What is the effect of the enjambment in these two lines?
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
A clergyman is an official leader within an organized religion. Why does Dickinson call God “a noted Clergyman” in "Some Keep the Sabbath Going to Church"?
How does the progress of the last paragraph of “Where I Lived and What I Lived For” communicate the main idea of Walden?
Read the excerpt from Walden.Hardly a man takes a half-hour’s nap after dinner, but when he wakes he holds up his head and asks, “What’s the news?” as if the rest of mankind had stood his sentinels [soldiers].Which best describes the “man” Thoreau refers to in the excerpt?
What imagery do "A Psalm of Life" and "Auspex" have in common?
How does the second stanza of "Auspex" tie the first and third stanzas together?
How do the settings of "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" and "Some Keep the Sabbath Going to Church" differ?
In the second paragraph of “Spring” in Walden, how does the contrast of two time periods aid the development of a theme?
Read the lines from "Because I Could Not Stop for Death."And I had put awayMy labor and my leisure too,For His Civility –What is the purpose of the words “labor” and “leisure”?
Which best states the overall structure of Walden?
Read the excerpt from Walden.Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb-nail.Which best describes the purpose of the “thumb-nail” imagery?
Which best describes the tone shared by "A Psalm of Life" and "Auspex"?
Read the excerpt from Walden.I am on the alert for the first signs of spring, to hear the chance note of some arriving bird, or the striped squirrel’s chirp, for his stores must be now nearly exhausted, or see the woodchuck venture out of his winter quarters.How do the images in the excerpt relate to Thoreau’s overall quest in Walden?
Read the excerpt from Walden.Standing on the snow-covered plain, as if in a pasture amid the hills, I cut my way first through a foot of snow, and then a foot of ice, and open a window under my feet, where, kneeling to drink, I look down into the quiet parlor of the fishes, pervaded by a softened light as through a window of ground glass, with its bright sanded floor the same as in summer; there a perennial waveless serenity reigns as in the amber twilight sky, corresponding to the cool and even temperament of the inhabitants. Heaven is under our feet is well as over our heads.Which best describes the purpose of the imagery in this excerpt?
How do the authors of “A Psalm of Life” and "Auspex" use different images to illustrate their themes?
Read the lines from "A Psalm of Life."Art is long, and Time is fleeting,And our hearts, though stout and brave,Still, like muffled drums, are beatingFuneral marches to the grave.The use of the words “stout and brave” suggests that “our hearts” are
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