" The next sentence is a loose one. After catching the
attention of the reader, we must not burden his mind too much till he
gets interested. We must move along naturally and easily, and this
Ruskin does. The third sentence is periodic again. We are now awake
and able to bear transposition for the sake of emphasis. Ruskin first
emphasizes "so high," the adjective being placed after its noun, and
then leads the way to the chief emphasis, which comes on the word
"gold," the last in the sentence. There is also an antithesis between
the darkness below and the light on the peak which is bright enough to
turn the water into gold. This also helps to emphasize "gold." We have
now had three long sentences and the fourth sentence, which concludes
this portion of the subject, is a short one. "Golden River" is
emphasized by being thrown quite to the end, a little out of
its natural order, which would have been immediately after the verb.
The emphasis on "gold" in the preceding sentence prepared the way for
the emphasis on "Golden River;" and by looking back we see how every
word has been easily, gracefully leading up to this conclusion.
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