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What is meant by “eternally burning black pipes”? what is this implying about the personality of the firemen?

Of the three selections you read in this lesson, discuss the one story or poem that you think most closely represents the transcendentalist way of thinking. include textual evidence from both short story or poem and emerson or thoreau's essay that you use as an example. you should have no less than eight to ten sentences.

Gloom and glory what does the speaker suddenly see and hear in the poem?