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Ralph Waldo Emersonfrom Nature ACOS – 1a; 2a; 3c; 8 AHSGE – R.II.1; R.III.3; R.IV.2 Background: Born in Boston in 1803 Family was cultured but poor Father died of tuberculosis when he was eight Mary Moody Emerson, aunt, became father figure Entered Harvard at fourteen to become a Unitarian minister Married Mary Tucker in 1829. She died 17 months later Resigned from ministry in 1832 to tour Europe Remarried and settled in Concord, Mass. In 1833 Toured US as a lecturer Expressed the advantage of a young land Exhilarated by nature’s beauty and grandeur Appealed to intellectuals and the general public Son died of scarlet fever in 1842 (emotionally damaged) Suffered from memory loss as he aged Greatly influenced Walt Whitman Literary Focus: Imagery – the use of language to evoke a picture of concrete sensation of a person, thing, place or experience imagery uses words that appeals to the senses Vocabulary: Admonishing Integrate Perennial Blith Occult Sublime Envoys Manifold Indubitably Maugre Cordial Slough Decorum Connate Tricked Chamber From Nature: To what senses does Emerson appeal in the first paragraph? How does he feel when he looks at the stars? According to Emerson, why do people take stars for granted? What can the poets eye do when he/she looks at nature? How does Emerson define the “lover of nature?” What does Emerson think and feel when he stands in the woods? What is the greatest delight the fields and woods give us? What does Emerson say about how our own moods can affect the way we look at nature? Imagery: What are the images in the following lines: “Crossing a bare common, in snow puddles, at twilight, under a clouded sky, without having in my thoughts any occurrence of special good fortune, I have enjoyed a perfect exhilaration.” What affect does this description have on the reader? What image is present in paragraph 4? What affect does it have? * *