Henry David Thoreau begins his poem "Woof of the Sun, Etheral Gauze- with a description of fog covering the sun. ... Thoreau employs these metaphors to represent the semi-obscured realm that connects the physical world from the spiritual realm. ... Images of fog are featured in Thoreau's poetry to present the bridge between Nature and heaven. ... The "stiffened air- also suggests a resistance or restriction, especially in connection with "sluggish."" ... In Thoreau's poetry fog serves as a metaphor of a semi-obscured realm where man and nature may unite. ...

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Thoreau would write in difficult times. On 12 July 1817 in Concord, Massachusetts, John Thoreau and Cynthia Dunbar Thoreau, give birth to a baby boy they name David Henry Thoreau. Helen Thoreau, John Thoreau, Jr., and Sophia Thoreau were his siblings. ... A few years later, one of his most influential writings, "Civil Disobedience", was published in 1849 but was originally titled "Resistance to Civil Government". ... Thoreau was an ardent Abolitionist. ...

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Largely influenced by Emerson, Henry David Thoreau was also an important transcendentalist writer in the Nineteenth Century. ... Thoreau's main purpose in writing Walden was to encourage people to simplify their lives and connect with nature. ... (Baym 1149) In Walden, Thoreau criticizes institutions for being distracting and complicated. ... In another document written by Thoreau and published first in 1849, "Resistance to Civil Government," he rejects institutions all together for their corrupting influence on man. ... Because he had not paid a poll-tax in six years in protes...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate