ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -When a man gazes at the stars, he becomes aware of his own separateness from the material world. The stars were made to allow him to perceive the “perpetual presence of the sublime.” Visible every night, they demonstrate that God is ever-present. They never lose their power to move us.

Detailed explanation-3: -For Emerson, nature is not God but the body of God’s soul-"nature, ” he writes, is “mind precipitated.” Emerson feels that to fully realize one’s role in this respect is to be in paradise. He ends “Nature” with these words: “Every moment instructs, and every object; for wisdom is infused into every form.

Detailed explanation-4: -Using stars as symbols of the universe, Emerson states that we take stars for granted because they are always present in our lives, no matter where we live. However, although they are accessible because we can see them, they are also inaccessible: Their distance from us makes them more elusive than we might imagine.

Detailed explanation-5: -If people wish to be alone they should look at the stars because it will separate you from the world. If the stars appeared once in a thousand years how would men believe, adore, preserve, or remember the city God created. Emerson believes everyone should see and appreciate the land God provides.