The Rhodora Summary & Analysis
by Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Rhodora Summary & Analysis
by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Written by American philosopher and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson in 1834, "The Rhodora" celebrates the beauty of nature and suggests that people can connect with God by communing with the natural world. The poem's speaker comes across a flowering rhodora bush in the woods, whose beauty seems to brighten the otherwise drab, dreary landscape. The image leads the speaker to reflect on both the healing power and spiritual significance of nature, concluding that the bush, like the speaker, was placed there by God.

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