In Coleridge's 'The Eolian Harp', nature is metaphorically compared to which of the following?
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Correct answer: A musical instrument played upon by a divine 'intellectual breeze'
The Eolian harp (a wind harp) serves as a metaphor for the mind being animated by the spirit of nature. It suggests a pantheistic view where 'all of animated nature' consists of organic harps framed into one.
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