Table 2

Examples of content analysis and coding

CodeSourceLineExample
ADialogue Nature and Icelander8(Icelander speaking) I am a poor Icelander, fleeing from Nature; I have fled from her ever since I was a child, through a hundred different parts of the world, and I am fleeing from her (e.g. Nature) now
TPoem Night Song22–29And old man, gray, infirm,/Half-clad, and barefoot, he,/Beneath his burden bending wearily,/O'er mountain and o'er vale,/Sharp rocks, and briars, and burning sand,/In wind, and storm, alike in sultry heat/And in the winter's cold,/His constant course doth hold
ECDialogue Elf and Gnome17–20(Gnome speaking) But how is it these rogues (e.g. men) have disappeared? (Elf speaking) Some killed themselves with fighting; others were drowned in the sea; some ate each other: not a few committed suicide […] In short, they have arrived at their end, by endeavoring, as long as they lived, to violate the laws of nature, and to go contrary to their welfare
CPoem Wild Broom146–155If such thoughts were revealed/to the crowd, as they used to be,/along with the horror that first/brought men together in social contract/against impious Nature,/then by true wisdom/the honest, lawful intercourse/of citizens would be partly renewed,/and justice and piety, would own/to another root than foolish pride

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