Question

excerpt from nature
by ralph waldo emerson
chapter i – nature
to go into solitude, a man needs to retire as much from his chamber as from society. i am not solitary whilst i read and write, though nobody is with me. but if a man would be alone, let him look at the stars. the rays that come from those heavenly worlds, will separate between him and what he touches. one might think the atmosphere was made transparent with this design, to give man, in the heavenly bodies, the perpetual presence of the sublime. to go into the woods, is a delicious, but in the streets of cities, how great they are! if the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore; and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of god which had been shown! but every night come out these envoys of beauty, and light the universe with their admonishing smile.
one light, awakening a certain thought, we cannot though always present, they are inaccessible. to speak truly, few adult persons can see nature. most persons do not see the sun. at least they have a very superficial seeing. the sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eye and the heart of the child. the lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses are still truly adjusted to each other; who has retained the spirit of infancy even into the era of manhood. his intercourse with heaven and earth, becomes part of his daily food.
according to the first paragraph of chapter 1 of nature, how does emerson define the poet’s view of nature?
the poet is the only one who genuinely smiles at nature
the poet is the only one who notices nature’s effect on nature
the poet sees something in nature that cannot be quantified
the poet’s image nature as something that is guide by humans

Explanation:

The first paragraph of Emerson's Nature Chapter I frames nature as a restorative, transcendent force that distances humans from artificial security and connects them to the eternal, divine "city of God." Among the options, the correct one aligns with the idea that the poet perceives nature's unquantifiable, spiritual dimension that goes beyond surface observation.

Answer:

The poet sees something in nature that cannot be quantified