The first movement was Transcendentalism whose fundamental belief was in the unity of the world and God. The Transcendentalists poet’s romantic ideas surrounded the spiritual and creative dimension of nature along with the use of metaphors. These poets major theme was the development of self, individualism and self- realization. Famous Transcendentalists poets were Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. …show more content…
Both Emerson and Thoreau both lived simple lives, outside of society, both with a passion for the love of nature. However, what divided them were their philosophies. Emerson avoided political affairs. He connected his love of name to spirituality and believed that engaging in political affairs would have interrupted his Romantic belief in intuition and flexibility. Whilst Thoreau on the other hand, loved nature only for its beauty, and although he stayed away from social gatherings, he felt that transcendentalists should unite with the community when it came to political unfairness that affected the society on a