Read the excerpt below and answer the question. all nature seems at work. slugs leave their lair— the bees are stirring—birds are on the wing . . work without hope draws nectar in a sieve, and hope without an object cannot live. what view is samuel taylor coleridge expressing in this excerpt from "work without hope"? a.) nature's work is busy, but rarely productive. b.) one should not meddle with nature's progress. c.) nature is always able to find a source of inspiration. d.) one should look to nature as an example for human behavior.

In the poem "Work Without Hope" Samuel Taylor talk for a narrator that see how the nature is all busy, every single organism that is part of the ecosystem has a particular job to develop and is important, however he has no hope for work so he is just an observer not a participant showing that one should look to nature as an example for human behavior, the answer is D.

the illustration   that would give a reader a clear understanding of the text is a picture of men constructing the frame of a building.the frame is made of iron bars. the text describes the job of blacksmiths'. these were very organised and they had different names: "the driver" and "the heater". the text describes the way in which these men worked ; they worked iron pieces as if they were playing a sport. in fact, the text wants to show the men's skills. the text also puts some emphasis on the use of '' rivets'' in construction. this kind of nails were not always used in the construction of manhattan.

some examples:

"and with an underhand toss he hurled the smoking rivet straight at the catcher, who caught it in mid-air in his catching can." men's skills

"when the driver was ready for a new " the emphasis on the rivet ( special nail used in construction).

" it against a beam to remove any cinders, and jammed it into the waiting hole. " the emphasis on the rivet.