English

Javion Walter

4 July, 23:40

From "Boat Song" by Ralph Waldo Emerson

THE RIVER calmly flows, Through shining banks, through lonely glen, Where the owl shrieks, though ne'er the cheer of men Has stirred its mute repose, Still if you should walk there, you would go there again. The stream is well alive; Another passive world you see, Where downward grows the form of every tree; Like soft light clouds they thrive: Like them let us in our pure loves reflected be.

Which is the best definition of repose in Emerson's poem?

rest

silence

depth

liveliness