Interpretation of Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson’s poem, “Each and All” is a workthat correlates and examines the relationships between various animate, and inanimate objects that exist on different levels of life. In order to modify and emphasize his points and ideas Emerson uses a variety of techniques, both conventional and unconventional poetic devices. “Each and All” is a poem that organizes and puts into perspective all aspects of life, including his own, while creating a unifying theme between beauty, truth, and spirituality. Due to the inconsistent patterns that exist throughout the lines it becomes evident within the structure of this particular work that Emerson has no distinctive style. Emerson’s use of rhyme within this poem varies from the rhymed couplet to a split couplet, inversion, slant rhyme, no rhyme or blank verse, and enjambment. Inversion and enjambment occur in this in poem in lines 1 and 2 where Emerson says, “Little thinks, in the field, yon red-cloaked clown, Of the from the hill top looking down.” In lines 1-12 of the poem we witness Emerson’s use of the rhymed
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Approximate Word count = 750
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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