marvin07
marvin07
24.09.2019 • 
English

Read the second stanza of wallace stevens's "the anecdote of the jar" below: the wilderness rose up to [the jar],and sprawled around, no longer wild. the jar was round upon the ground and tall and of a port in air.which of these is the best paraphrase of the stanza?
a.the wilderness started to take over the jar and became tame, as the jar tried to escape the wilderness's grasp.
b.the wilderness grew up and all around the jar as the jar grew taller like a port in the air, then the wilderness became tame.
c.the wilderness represents untouched nature, and the jar represents man-made objects that threatened to overtake nature.
d.the wilderness surrounded the jar and seemed no longer wild in the presence of the tall, round jar that was like a port.

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