Asap 30 points given refer to explorations in literature for a complete version of this story. which excerpt from "everything that rises must converge" best shapes the theme that in times of crisis, one gains perspective? a. "he saw no reason to let the lesson she had had go without backing it up with an explanation of its meaning." b. "then all at once she seemed to explode like a piece of machinery that had been given one ounce of pressure too much." c. "stunned, he let her go and she lurched forward again, walking as if one leg were shorter than the other." d. "the tide of darkness seemed to sweep him back to her, postponing from moment to moment his entry into the world of guilt and sorrow."

The excerpt from "Everything That Rises Must Converge" that best shapes the theme that in times of crisis, one gains perspective is

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citizens are given 25 years of life to prove their worth to society; if they fail to do great things

wordsworth tends to see nature as 'out there'; a presence which surrounds humans, and contributes to human life, but is different from humans. if you look at a typical wordsworth poem (there was a boy, ye knew him well ye rocks) - wordsworth talks about nature as something that needs to be learned about and understood, nature is different from us.  

if you look at a byron poem (the isles of greece is a good one) - byron looks at nature mainly for what it already means to man. wordsworth will look at a landscape and see the mountains, trees, valleys, and rivers as almost spiritual presences - wordsworth wants to get to know nature.  

byron will look at the same landscape and he will want to know who lives there, what are the villages? are there any farms or mines, is there some history?  

wordsworth looks at nature for what it is; byron is forever asking what it means.  

wordsworth thinks that humans are part of nature; byron thinks that nature is part of being human