Read the following passage from Muir's "Calypso Borealis" and answer the question. But when the sun was getting low and everything seemed most bewildering and discouraging, I found beautiful Calypso on
the mossy bank of a stream, growing not in the ground but on a bed of yellow mosses in which its small white bulb had
found a soft nest and from which its one leaf and one flower sprung ...
Identify and explain the tone of this passage. What specific words contribute to the tone? Then, explain how the tone of the
passage would change if the words "puddle of gray algae in which its insignificant bleached bulb had fallen into a tangle of
twigs" replaced the words in bold. Be sure to identify the new tone and explain how the changed words create that tone. Your
response should be a paragraph of 3-5 sentences.