Robert Frost And Ralph Waldo Emerson: Similarities In Nature

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"Frost and Emerson: Voice and
Vision" he states that Frost and Emerson "agree on the central importance
of symbol and metaphor.

They have a common preoccupation with rural subjects. They share
basic sense of 'correspondence'. . . ."(Ryan125)Also, these two writers are
similar in that they both tend to write about the same subject matter.
Many of the titles of Frost's poems: "Mending Wall," "Storm-Fear," "The
White- Tailed Hornet," "I Could Give All to Time," and "Spring Pools" are
similar to the titles of some of Emerson's poems: "The Snow- Storm," "Give
All to Love," "Two Rivers," "The Humble-Bee," "The Rhodora." These
similarities are superficial and can be seen in comparing many other
authors. Where these two writers really connect is in their common
interest in nature.
Both writers have reputations of being poets of nature. In
Emerson's essay "Nature" he writes "In the wilderness, I find something
more dear and connate than streets or villages. In ...

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