Read the excerpt from “ Crossing the Brooklyn Ferry.”Flood-tide below me! I see you face to face!Clouds of the west – sun there half an hour high – I see you also face to face.

The narrator directly addresses the flood tide, clouds, and sun, describing them as present “face to face.” These are elements of the natural world, so the lines show that the narrator is surrounded by nature. They do not suggest suspicion or that the narrator is looking at people’s facial features.

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