In the excerpt it is very apparent that “In the presence of nature a wild delight runs through the man” the man being our narrator for this saying to work. The narrator’s love for nature is powerful, almost, overpowering to the reader. The verbiage in this writing is extra, as it is put lately, and seems to splinter in some parts. In fact the feeling of pretentiousness exudes from the writing. The attitude of this writing seems as though the author and narrator of the excerpt seems to want to be, or believes he is, better than everyone else. This is evident through his verbiage in the passage, for example, the first line “To go into solitude, a man needs to retire as much from his chamber as from society. I am not solitary whilst I read and