What is the effect of beginning the poem by focusing on how "some men" find all their inspiration in nature? It allows the speaker to set up the contrast to his or her own views.
It creates the ideal the speaker works to achieve in the rest of the poem.
lt develops the key idea of how the speaker views nature.
lt suggests the speaker shares the same views as these others.

1. saved aronnax from drowning "an incident" 2. speed of the nautilus man-of-war 3. next to captain nemo conseil 4. electricity vigo bay 5. "a coral tomb" 20,000 leagues 6. the nautilus runs aground nemo's "thunderbolt" 7. episodes are connected by aronnax's quarters 8. captain nemo's "bank" cause 9. distance aronnax traveled on the nautilus "a fine death for a sailor" 10. captain nemo sinks for revenge 50 miles per hour