Comments by Stephanie Morrison Most recent public comments by Stephanie Morrison https://nowcomment.com/users/7546 Tone: Reverent- It seems that the speaker feels great respect and awe for his subject, the stars. https://nowcomment.com/documents/17496?scroll_to=165162 https://nowcomment.com/documents/17496?scroll_to=165162 The words that suggest reverence are: heavenly worlds, sublime, adore, preserve, envoys of beauty, admonishing smile. Tue, 05 Jan 2021 12:39:53 -0500 Metaphor: Emerson compares himself to an eye-ball. https://nowcomment.com/documents/17496?scroll_to=165145 https://nowcomment.com/documents/17496?scroll_to=165145 Emerson creates this metaphor to emphasize that when he looks up at the stars, he feels transparent- all seeing. Tue, 05 Jan 2021 12:39:53 -0500 what do you mean? https://nowcomment.com/documents/17496?scroll_to=164693 https://nowcomment.com/documents/17496?scroll_to=164693 What is the "it"? Tue, 05 Jan 2021 12:39:53 -0500 Push back https://nowcomment.com/documents/17496?scroll_to=164691 https://nowcomment.com/documents/17496?scroll_to=164691 I think that Emerson means something deeper here- what do you think he means? Tue, 05 Jan 2021 12:39:53 -0500 If you want to be alone, look up at the stars. https://nowcomment.com/documents/17496?scroll_to=164363 https://nowcomment.com/documents/17496?scroll_to=164363 Whne I look up at the stars, I can see how someone would feel alone... there are a lot of stars up there, but we are the only planet with life, maybe... what do you see when you look at the stars? Tue, 05 Jan 2021 12:39:53 -0500 If you want to be by yourself, you need to get away from the rest of society AND that includes your bedroom/house. https://nowcomment.com/documents/17496?scroll_to=164346 https://nowcomment.com/documents/17496?scroll_to=164346 So, where does Emerson think we should go? If we leave our houses, then that puts us out into public, but he is saying that we have to leave that too- what's left? To go out in the world where there isn't anyone else- in other words, Nature. Where would you go? Sun, 10 Dec 2023 23:41:23 -0500 Emerson is saying here that he isn't solitary when he reads and writes, even though he is alone. https://nowcomment.com/documents/17496?scroll_to=164344 https://nowcomment.com/documents/17496?scroll_to=164344 I think the key here is the word solitary. We normally think of solitary as being alone. But Emerson is distinguishing this from being "lonely". I can see how reading would not be lonely because when you read you imagine all the characters, or at minimum, you hear the narrator's voice as you read. But what about writing? How do you think writing can be considered NOT solitary? Tue, 05 Jan 2021 12:39:53 -0500