Absolute construction<span> is a </span>grammatical construction<span> standing apart from a normal or usual syntactical relation with other words or sentence elements.</span>
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 noun oin this sentence is FOOD!! bc cooking is an action and a noun is person place or thing!!
