Around me stood the oaks and firs; pine-cones and acorns lay on the ground; over me soared the eternal sky, full of light and of deity; again i saw, again i heard, the rolling river, the morning bird; — beauty through my senses stole; i yielded myself to the perfect whole. in the lines above, the speaker is taking in the small details of the natural scene around him. what does he really mean when he says the last line? a) the speaker gave up and died in nature b) the speaker, by living in the moment of that scene, can understand how all the pieces work together in harmony c) the speaker needed to use his senses in order to understand how a river to make the trees around him grow d) the speaker will only find perfection when he lets go of his preconceived notions of beauty

The correct answer on the test was. . .

B) The speaker, by living in the moment of that scene, can understand how all the pieces work together in harmony.

because

This line ,the last in the poem (I yielded myself to the perfect whole.), is meant to emphasize the theme of the whole poem.  The theme of this poem is one that is very much in keeping with transcendentalism, the philosophy that Emerson was connected with.  Transcendentalism emphasizes (among other things) the idea that all of creation is in some way connected and that we as human beings are simply part of that creation.

he gives his freedom of speach

explanation:

themselves

an intensive pronoun is a pronoun that ends in self or selves, such as himself, herself, themselves, yourself, ourselves. since band members is a third person plural, the correct intensive pronoun would be themselves. if the band was talked about as a collective noun, itself would be the appropriate intensive pronoun. intensive pronouns are used to add emphasis to the noun it's modifying which is why it directly follows it.