Love is to life as <span> </span><span>Inspiration is to thought.</span>
I think maybe the first part where it says it harmful
<span>This is best reflected in “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer,” when Whitman goes out at night and looks at the stars.
After a boring lecture during his class, he wanders out of the classroom and starts staring at the stars. This is when his most wondrous and clever thoughts emerge when the full impact of the era of Transcendentalism is obvious.
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They establish the poems mood
Answer:
D. It introduces the conflict