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What does it mean?
Although associated with the lakes, the poet did not simply describe them but projected his own internal sermons onto the stones he found.
In plain terms
He wrote about stones but actually put his own thoughts onto them instead of just describing the lake.
What can you take from it?
Artists often project their internal world onto external nature rather than observing it objectively.

Where it applies

  • writing about nature
  • interpreting landscapes
  • creating art

Putting it to work

  • introspection
  • creative writing
  • environmental interpretation

Questions to consider

  • Is nature art or a mirror?
  • How much of art is projection?

Another view

He might have genuinely seen sermons in the stones without projecting them.

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