Question

1. what connection does dickinson make between nature and humans in the poem beginning \the sky is low, the clouds are mean\?

nature, like humans, can be irritable and depressed.
nature, like humans, experiences cycles of renewal.
nature, like humans, is beautiful even when angry.
nature, like humans, is deadly when disrespected.

Explanation:

In the poem "The sky is low, the clouds are mean", Dickinson uses personification to give nature human - like irritable and depressed qualities. The description of the sky being low and clouds being mean suggests a moody and unpleasant state of nature, similar to human emotional states of irritability and depression.

Answer:

Nature, like humans, can be irritable and depressed.