Read the sixth paragraph from Muir's essay "Calypso Borealis" and answer the question.
Oftentimes I had to sleep without blankets, and sometimes without supper, but usually I had no great difficulty in finding a loaf of bread here and there at the houses of the farmer settlers in the widely scattered clearings. With one of these large backwoods loaves I was able to wander many a long wild fertile mile in the forests and bogs, free as the winds, gathering plants, and glorying in God's abounding inexhaustible spiritual beauty bread. Storms, thunderclouds, winds in the woods—were welcomed as friends.
Select two words or phrases from the text that demonstrate Muir's awe of nature.
- without blankets
- free as the wind
- gathering plants
- scattered clearings
- spiritual beauty bread
Muir's use of language makes us understand how he experienced this adventure. As long as he had some bread to eat, nothing else was really important or worthy of concern. By using such descriptive language we identify his spiritual connection with nature and the events that take place in it as something wonderful.
