Ralph Waldo Emerson's Beauty Of Nature

Emerson then says "There I feel that nothing can befall me in life, - no disgrace, no calamity (leaving me my eyes), which nature cannot repair." He seems to feel at one with nature. Emerson sees the serenity and peace and realizes how insignificant all of his life's problems are. He believes that there is no problem nature is incapable of remedying. As the saying goes, "Time heals all wounds." Emerson's words seem to echo that. He seems almost completely careless about all his former petty concerns.

Emerson states in his 15th principle in "The Poet" that "there is no fact in nature that does not carry the whole sense of nature." To elaborate this claim Emerson states, "the distinctions which we

Emerson’s purpose in the essay “Nature” is to lay out and attempt to solve an abstract problem: that humans do

To Emerson, each individual possesses their own intelligence, however, “the whole character and fortune of the individual can be affected by the least inequalities in the culture of the understanding”, which can cause insecurities within the individual (Nature 505). He claims that “every great man is unique, and each man has their own gift,” which if presented solely by the specific individual, the gift is completely possessed instead of having only half possession because it is a third party idea (“Self Reliance” 533, 547).

     As imperative as individualism was to Emerson, developing one’s soul was even more so. The process in developing one’s soul was just as important. He states, “But man postpones or remembers; he does not live in the present, but with reverted eye laments the past, or, heedless of the riches that surround him, stands on tiptoe to foresee the future (Emerson 157).” The word “heedless” means “carelessly” and by using the word “riches” Emerson means nature. What he meant by using these words together was that men forget about the beauty in nature because we see it all too often to notice it. Men are too wrapped up in their lives and thinking about the future that they overlook the splendor that nature has to offer. He also states, “These roses under my window make no reference to former roses or to better ones; they are for what they are; they exist with God today (Emerson 157).” With this, Emerson is trying to convey the fact that God is present in nature and all its beauty.

4) This line from the poem is an example of a metaphor. Emerson does not literally mean God grew

Gathering knowledge throughout reading “Nature” gives the reader a more visual perspective of the topics discussed throughout the series of essays Emerson writes. To demonstrate this, Emerson states “The motion of the earth round its axis, and round the sun, makes the day, and the year. These are certain amounts of brute light and heat. But is there no intent of an analogy between man’s life and the seasons? And do the seasons gain no grandeur or pathos from that analogy?” (517). The author uses this quote to compare a person’s life to the seasons of the year, giving the reader a further explanation of how the changing of the seasons are similar to the changes a person goes through in his or her life. Analogies not only give the reader an enhanced understanding of the text, analogies also assist

Emerson encourage people to take action to don’t be afraid if it’s wrong its better than just sitting around; it’s important for people to find their own path. “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds”, it’s a foolish thing to believe or think the same thing all the time it’s important to think, to grow, to not be afraid of changing your mind

it is his." In this quote Emerson is elaborating on the idea that we must all exude

Furthermore, he evokes the notion of the embodiment of nature and how few are able to see it; claiming the ones capable of perceiving such enlightenment are the ones who retain a benevolent innocent spirit—such as child—and who has retained the concept in times of adulthood—the poet. The mind of a child responds emotionally rather than sensorial. As a final remark in Emerson’s first chapter of nature, he states: in order for man to see nature plainly and receive the benefits one must push aside the old ways of thinking and egotism to become, as Emerson states, a transparent eyeball. ‘I am nothing, I see all. The currents of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am a part or particle of God. The name of the nearest friend sounds then foreign and accidental” (______). This form of vision represents the primary benefit of Nature, a form of ultimate transcendency where there is a spiritual real of reason beyond material understanding. Humanistic delight in the landscapes, which is made up of many forms, provides an example of this integrated vision in which the universal entity transmits itself into one’s consciousness and makes one sense oneness with God. Nature, is thereby a metaphor of the mind in Emerson’s eyes.

	"I confess I am a little cynical on some topics, and when a whole nation is roaring patriotism at the top of its voice, I am fain to explore the cleanness of its hands and purity of its heart, I have generally found the gravest and most useful citizens are not the easiest provoked to swell the noise, though they may be punctual at the polls." Here Emerson is saying that you should be suspicious when society tells you to be or act a certain way. Question why they are telling you to be or act this way. What is there hidden agenda?

This poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson is an exceptional work of his. Entirely characteristic of his poetic approach, it captures the full meaning behind the appreciation of nature, and it does so in a simple yet effective style. The poem is also, in my opinion, an effective rebuttal to the Puritan critique of the Emersonian lifestyle.

Emerson and Hawthorne both focused on nature and how humans affected it, but Emerson wrote more about being optimistic than Hawthorne, whom was more of a dark romanticism writer. In the essay "Nature", Ralph Waldo says, " But if a man would be alone, let him look at the stars. The rays that come from those heavenly worlds, will separate between him and what he touches. One might think the atmosphere was made transparent with this design, to give a man, in the heavenly bodies, the perpetual presence of the sublime"(Emerson 11). This quote demonstrates how Emerson focuses on the feel of nature to oneself being one with nature. Previously he talks about how nature offers solitude and how we should take advantage of it instead of ignoring what the world has to offer.

He makes connections through the beauty of nature, and is curious as to how it all plays a role within each human’s life. Curiosity pushes Emerson to look deeper into things and try to find answers which is something that is still very prominent in human nature today. Without the curiosity of human nature, there would be no advances or success towards new things and new ideas that fill the world.

This figure in the memory is not without pre-built up agreement." Emerson's utilization of pleonasm through the repetitive thought of "one face, one character, one reality" advances the origination that all that we do in our lives will have an enduring influence both in the present and what's to come. He trusted the encounters we have for the duration of our lives are what will shape our fate. The style and sentiment gadget of the sentence is likewise worried in a way that makes the possibility of an unmistakable figure produced using recollections for the duration of one's life in the peruser's psyche. This adequately infers Emerson's imagined that every one of our recollections and encounters will lastingly affect our