American Literature / Unit 7 AML 0615 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Bean-Field, the Pond, and the Seasons
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The idea
The middle chapters work outward from a bean-field Thoreau hoes and a pond he sounds, and the book closes by moving through winter into a spring thaw. The observation is exact and figurative at once.
In practice
Beans, ice, and a thaw that means more.
Where people slip
Renewal is the thaw's other meaning.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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