another”. For Emerson says that “When half gods go the gods arrive”. Emerson is referring to earlier in the poem when he says that love is a god. This is an excellent example of Emerson’s use of symbolism. He means by this that the one who is willing to leave you for another never really loved you, and when she departs you will find your true love. In Emerson’s essay “Love” he describes love as being equivalent to God. Emerson’s description of love and the benefits and sacrifices it entails strikes at the heart and truly shows his understanding and knowledge of the human condition and emotion. While “Give all to Love” is mys favorite Emerson and the the one closest to my heart I also enjoy many of his other poems. They as well greatly reflect his style and views on life and the human experience. His poem “Hamatyreya” talks of the trancendentalist views of nature and shows Emerson’s love the nature and deep respect for life of all kinds. In “Water” the belief that nature is eternal and civilization but fleeting is shown well in this quote “ In perfect time and measure With a face of golden pleasure Elegantly destroy”. In “Bacchus” Emerson speaks of the freedow and joy possible in the boundless wilderness. All of Emerson’s poems clearly show his transcendentalist views and love of nature. Emerson deserves the title as the father of transcendentalism, and in no other writers is the transcendentalist style more evident then in Emerson’s....
