An Analysis of “Once More to the Lake” The smell of an old wood cabin or the feel of a cool lake breeze against one’s face can bring back many fond memories for many people. The senses, in their own way, can physically bring back memories that seem so real you can get lost in your own imagination. E. B. White tells in the essay “Once More to the Lake” about how his trip …showed first 75 words of 734 total…

…showed last 75 words of 734 total…will my thoughts become confused with the past? I may never know the answers to these questions. But I have realized, along with White, that memories are precious and it is good to look back at the past, as long as you also look toward the future. Work Cited White, E. B. “Once More to the Lake.” Patterns For College Writing. 7th Edition. Ed. Laurie G. Kirszner & Stephen R. Mandell. New York: St. Martins, 1998. 142-147.