The correct answer is A.
The first man that arrived on the land was the first of many. The excerpt says that this first man was a sort of "harbinger" for the evils to come, and therefore, he was killed.
But the death of one man would not stop the arrival of the rest, who would invade the land as a swarm of locusts.
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Yet before the narrator goes any further in the tale, he describes the circumstances and the social rank of each pilgrim. He describes each one in turn, starting with the highest status individuals. Chaucer's voice, in re-telling the tales as accurately as he can, entirely disappears into that of his characters, and thus the Tales operates almost like a drama. Where do Chaucer's writerly and narratorial voices end, and his characters' voices begin? This self-vanishing quality is key to the Tales, and perhaps explains why there is one pilgrim who is not described at all so far, but who is certainly on the pilgrimage - and he is the most fascinating, and the most important by far: a poet and statesman by the name of Geoffrey Chaucer.
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The statement that best describes how the tone of Society and Solitude is different from the tone of Chapter 1 of Nature is Option D: Society and Solitude has a contemplative tone, while Nature has a more lyrical and whimsical tone.
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In the poem 'Society and Solitude', 'Ralph Waldo Emerson' says that conversation is very important and can build or destroy relations between people. Also, one should understand the importance of solitude in a larger community.
In chapter 1 of 'Nature', Emerson says that nature can have a healing effect on one's mind and body. It is very soothing. Option D most aptly signifies the tone of both the poems. Society and Solitude doesn't have reserved or morbid tone as mentioned in other options. Also, nature has lyrical tone describing nature's beauty and not forceful tone.
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The answer is B: Experience is gained through perseverance, even under dangerous circumstances.
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This poem shows how we people live our lives. Each plank that the character, 'I', or the author takes represents the choices or decisions we make in our life. Since it is the choice in life, we are very precarious about making it. The plank also can represent the growth. As you take each step from plank to plank, you grow. And when you reach that point, you gain certain wisdom through that, which we call experience.
Basically, this poem tells us that every plank and step we take makes us mature and gives us wisdom, important message, and knowledge in life.