Emerson and Thoreau were Transcendentalists who expressed their beliefs through writings from poems to essays and they believed that "the individual was at the center of the universe" (Prentice Hall). ... Emerson states, "A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best," (Emerson). ... Her poems were exquisitely elaborate including her eccentric use of punctuation and irregular meter and rhyme, which are unlikely to be used in poems. ... People have reasons to believe that this is the best work, but in all honesty it's in broken frag...

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• Grade Level: High School