Answer:
To the Iroquois people, the longhouse meant much more than the building where they lived. The longhouse was also a symbol for many of the traditions of their society. Five nations formed the original Iroquois Confederacy. These nations shared a territory they thought of as a large longhouse.
Explanation:
In my opinion, the lines that reflect the themes of barrenness and emptiness are 4. The jar was gray and bare and <span>5. It did not give of bird or bush, / </span><span>Like nothing else in Tennessee. The jar in Stevens' poem epitomizes the effect and positioning of civilization within nature. Apparently, nature (nothing, that is everything else in Tennessee) still has powers which the futile and barren civilization doesn't have.</span>
