At first, the narrator describes the landscape as something that has “a certain quality of wildness,” and he notes that the trees in the landscape are “tall and dark.” The narrator then goes on to describe the “great, deep-blue pools” of the water that make up the landscape, writing that he has seen “nothing more beautiful” in any other part of the world. Based on this passage, which of the following most accurately describes the narrator’s initial impression of the landscape?

SAT · English · previous-year question