Read the passage.

In such a day, in September or October, Walden is a perfect forest mirror...

Which best analyzes how the metaphor in the passage creates meaning?

Question 18 options:

The metaphor explains how Walden was able to see so much--by looking at the forest through the pond.


The metaphor suggests that the pond and the forest are interconnected: the health of one reflects upon the health of the other.


The metaphor suggests the extreme isolation Thoreau faces: he is so far from civilization that he must use the pond's surface as a mirror.


The metaphor reflects that the best season at Walden Pond is Fall, because it is then that the forest is most alive.