I agree with the person above - I believe the correct answer is A. serenity. Thoreau was a transcendentalist, which means that he wrote about nature quite a lot. He believed that people should return to living in nature and escape from the concrete cities they were surrounded with in order to find their true selves once again. His description of the pond during the night and day creates a serene and peaceful picture one could relax to.
The character that proposes the story telling competition that frames the remainder of the Canterbury tales is : Bailey After creating the competition, Bailey quickly appoint himself as the judge for that competition
