in Joy Harjo's "New Orleans", the line "beaten silver paths" refers to the streets of such city. She remembers of certain Spanish conqueror, De Soto,who came to this lands searching for, and constantly states that he wouldn't find it here. Maybe is a mock to that fact.
The "silver blades and crosses" refers to the sword and crucifix of the conqueror, who drawn in the Mississippi river which dreamt of those items. Maybe this means that the streets of New Orleans were made of the things and dreams of the many conquerors who came to that land in search for gold and failed.
Answer: The answer is, It evokes a sense of anxiety as the narrator observes his surroundings.
Explanation: The answer is It evokes a sense of anxiety as the narrator observes his surroundings, because it’s saying “ but a menace scowled upon the brow and a few sprinklings of blood added to its ghastliness.” Witch would inflict scariness and anxiety upon the reader because of its frightening choice of words.
So they can be more intune with nature , get away from electronics and your skin needs vitamin D.