Walden Ch 9 Flashcards
Sometimes Thoreau joins a companion who
Fishes on the pond
Scenery of walden is beautiful but
Humble
Walden pond is very
Clear and is one mile long
Walden u like other ponds looks
Blue and green at the same time combining sky and earth
In the spring the water reflects even
Bluer than the sky
Water of walden is
Pure and clear
Walden has —- and — water to be admired by
Pure and well like
Unremembered civilizations
People wonder how stones have been placed so
Regularly around the pond
The pond has the best and
Coldest water in tone
Walden pond is a perfect
Mirror
Walden pond persevered its purity better than
Any man Thoreau has known
Pond remains
Perennially young
Walden is the closest Thoreau can get to
God and heaven
Thoreau scoffs at the name of flints pond which is named after a
Farmer who never loved it
If we are going to name gestures of landscape after men it should be after
Noble men
Walden and white ponds are far
Purer than humans
Nature has no human inhabitants who
Appreciate her
Walden is the paragon because of the
Purity of the water reflected in its color and the sand beneath its surface
The pond is like a mirror for Thoreau in that the
Divinity of the pond reflects his own divinity and the pond shows Thoreaus attempt to purify his spirit
When he’s had enough of people Thoreau goes to unfrequented parts of
Town and eats berries