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Transcendentalism in I saw in Louisiana a Live-Oak Growing.

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Transcendentalism in I saw in Louisiana a Live-Oak Growing.

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Transcendentalist beliefs and ideologies can be found all throughout Whitman's works. The two main Transcendentalist ideals in this poem are those of living close with nature and individualism. The more obvious of the two is man and his connection with nature. The poem describes an oak "all alone stood it, and the moss hung down from the branches" (Whitman, lines 2-3) and the narrator who is viewing the oak, admiring it. Whitman uses the tree as a symbol for strength and manly love, something that can be described in a number of ways, however he chooses to use nature. He also takes a twig from the tree to "place it in sight in [his] room" (Whitman, lines 14-15), suggesting that he enjoys having nature close by. Whitman also touches on ideas of individualism. He still encourages individualism, much like many other Transcendentalists, however he tries to get the message across that even individualistic people need "a friend, a
lover, near" (Whitman, lines 24-25). In this poem, Whitman emphasizes that being an individual does not mean being lonely. Whitman was a major voice in the Transcendentalist movement and his beliefs and ideals can be see in poems such as I saw in Louisiana a Live-Oak Growing.

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Literary Terms in I saw in Louisiana a Live-Oak Growing.

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Literary Terms in I saw in Louisiana a Live-Oak Growing.

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1.) Asyndenton - Line 6: And its look, rude, unbending, lusty...

2.) Personification - Line 8: But I wonder'd how it could utter joyous leaves

3.) Repetition - Lines 8-10 and lines 24-26:
standing alone there, without its friend, its
lover near—for I knew I could not

4.) Symbolism - Lines 11-21: And I broke off a twig with a certain number of
leaves upon it, and twined around it a little
moss,

And brought it away—and I have placed it in sight in
my room;

It is not needed to remind me as of my own dear
friends,

(For I believe lately I think of little else than of
them;)

Yet it remains to me a curious token—it makes me
think of manly love

5.) Imagery - Lines 2-6:  the moss hung down from the
branches;

Without any companion it grew there, uttering joyous
leaves of dark green,

And its look, rude, unbending, lusty

6.) Repetition - Lines 4, 8, 24: ttering joyous
leaves

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In the poem " In Paths Untrodden" transcendentalism ideology is demonstrated throughout the entire poem. He talks about removing himself from the world and going where its more quite, possibly even more peaceful,"Here, by myself, away from the clank of the world...No longer abash'd—for in this secluded spot I can respond as I would not dare elsewhere" (Whitman, lines 10-12,13). whitman just seems to want to discover himself and his thoughts in a way just like any other transcendentalist. " Escaped from the life that exhibits itself,

from all the standards hitherto publish'd—from the
pleasures, profits, conformities,

Which too long I was offering to feed my Soul" (Whitman, lines 4-6). whitman also rejoices in himself and is proud of who he is, "Afternoon, this delicious Ninth-month, in my forty-
first year, I proceed, for all who are, or have been, young men,

To tell the secret of my nights and days,

To celebrate the need of comrades" he wanted to share his vies and spread them upon others, once again a trait of a strong transcendentalist (Whitman, Lines 21-25).

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In paths untrodden,
In the growth by margins of pond-waters,
Escaped from the life that exhibits itself,

rom all the standards hitherto publish'd—from the
pleasures, profits, conformities,

Which too long I was offering to feed my Soul;

Clear to me, now, standards not yet publish'd—clear
to me that my Soul,

That the Soul of the man I speak for, feeds, rejoices
in comrades;

Here, by myself, away from the clank of the world,

Tallying and talk'd to here by tongues aromatic,

No longer abash'd—for in this secluded spot I can
respond as I would not dare elsewhere,

Strong upon me the life that does not exhibit itself,
yet contains all the rest,

Resolv'd to sing no songs to-day but those of manly
attachment,

Projecting them along that substantial life,

Bequeathing, hence, types of athletic love,

Afternoon, this delicious Ninth-month, in my forty-
first year,

I proceed, for all who are, or have been, young men,

To tell the secret of my nights and days,

To celebrate the need of comrades.

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Calamus: I saw in Louisiana a Live-Oak Growing.

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Calamus: I saw in Louisiana a Live-Oak Growing.

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I SAW in Louisiana a live-oak growing,

All alone stood it, and the moss hung down from the
branches;

Without any companion it grew there, uttering joyous
leaves of dark green,

And its look, rude, unbending, lusty, made me think
of myself;

But I wonder'd how it could utter joyous leaves,
standing alone there, without its friend, its
lover near—for I knew I could not;

And I broke off a twig with a certain number of
leaves upon it, and twined around it a little
moss,

And brought it away—and I have placed it in sight in
my room;

It is not needed to remind me as of my own dear
friends,

(For I believe lately I think of little else than of
them;)

Yet it remains to me a curious token—it makes me
think of manly love;

—For all that, and though the live-oak glistens there
in Louisiana, solitary, in a wide flat space,

Uttering joyous leaves all its life, without a friend, a
lover, near,

I know very well I could not.

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1. Symbol: "In the growth by margins of pond-waters,"

2.Diction:  "Bequeathing, hence, types of athletic love...

3. Allegory: "Which too long I was offering to feed my Soul"

4. Asyndenton: "from the pleasures, profits, conformities"

5. Personification: "Which too long I was offering to feed my Soul"

6. Euphemism: 'Escaped from the life that exhibits itself"