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The pond
Vocabulary
Quotes
Thoreau
100
what month did the pond melt?
april!
100
"we loiter in winter while it is already spring" what does loiter mean?
Stand or wait around idly or without apparent purpose
100
" The day is an epitome of the year" What does the quote mean?
different parts of the day represent the different seasons of the year!
100
what season did he leave the pond??
end of summer..
200
what activities did he do in the pond??
fish, enjoy the scenery!
200
"it is a truely grotesque vegetation, whose forms and color we imitated in bronze" What does grotesque mean?
odd or unnatural in shape, appearance, or character; fantastically ugly or absurd; bizarre
200
"what is man but a mass of thawing clay" what does this quote mean?
we are created into whatever god wants us to be!
200
when did he leave the pond?
september 6. 1847
300
what animals did he enjoy watching??
geese!
300
" the middle was merely honeycombed and saturated with water" What does saturated mean?
soaked, impregnated, or imbued thoroughly; charged thoroughly or completely; brought to a state of saturation.
300
"through our own recovered innocence we discern the innocence of our neighbors" what does this qoute mean?
in the spring everything is forgotten!
300
how was his reaction towards the pond in spring?
he feels that old grudges should be abandoned and old sins forgivin in this time of renewed life