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The poem Nature by Henry David Thoreau is a poem that makes you feel that nothing in the world is more important than to be outside near nature, you rather sigh upon a reed than be a king of men. The poem will make you realize how far more relaxing nature can be as opposed to being somewhere else. It is evident that in this poem, Henry David Thoreau is very passionate about being next to nature, and that nothing in the world can be better to him than to be near nature.
 This poem is calming, relaxing, and vivid. This poem will make you realize that nothing is more comforting than being with nature. Growing up I saw on TV, social media, and even with my peers how they long for power. I see people wanting to be indoors, at a party, or being on their phones, they don’t look around at how beautiful the outdoors can be. Take a walk at the park have a picnic or just look at the sunset. I don’t see any of that anymore. This poem taught me that nature is the most wonderful thing in the world and there’s nothing else that’s better than that.
  The poet, Henry David Thoreau is a person who loved nature, he loved it so much he build a house next to a pond isolated from everyone else, just him alone with nature. I couldn't imagine why he wouldn't write a poem like this. Henry describes in the poem how he does not care to be, “To be the highest in thy choir, to be a meteor in thy sky, or comet that may range on high”, all he wants is, “Only a zephyr that may blow among the reeds by the river low; give me thy most privy place where to run my airy race.” This is perfect example of how you don’t need anything or to be anything, all you need is to be alongside nature. The second part of the poem is explaining that let him “sigh upon a reed” and give him some work to do only as long as it’s near you (nature). I think the last stanza is the best part of the poem.

 “For I'd rather be thy child
And pupil, in the forest wild,
Than be the king of men elsewhere,
And most sovereign slave of care;
To have one moment of thy dawn,
Than share the city's year forlorn.”

 This section is describing how he would rather be the child in the forest wild, than to be a ruler or king somewhere else. He rather share a moment with nature than to share a year in the city miserable.
I believe that the theme or message of this poem is that we should share a moment with nature and cherish that instead of dreaming to be somewhere else. Nature is the greatest thing that the world has to offer, so lets take that offer and use it to our advantage. 

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In his book, Walden, it tells of Thoreau living at Walden pond for 2 years, much like Chris lived in Alaska.

His transcendentalism philosophy formed the foundation and supporting latticework of Walden.

He discussed whether the changes of the industrial revolution were good for the soul.

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Henry David Thoreau was born on July 12, 1817, in Concord, Massachusetts. He began writing nature poetry in the 1840"s, with poet Ralph Waldo Emerson as a mentor and friend. In 1845 he began his famous two-year stay on Walden Pond, which he wrote about in his master work, Walden.

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The poem Nature by Henry David Thoreau is a poem that makes you feel that nothing in the world is more important than to be outside near nature, you rather sigh upon a reed than be a king of men. The poem will make you realize how far more relaxing nature can be as opposed to being somewhere else. It is evident that in this poem, Henry David Thoreau is very passionate about being next to nature, and that nothing in the world can be better to him than to be near nature.
 This poem is calming, relaxing, and vivid. This poem will make you realize that nothing is more comforting than being with nature. Growing up I saw on TV, social media, and even with my peers how they long for power. I see people wanting to be indoors, at a party, or being on their phones, they don’t look around at how beautiful the outdoors can be. Take a walk at the park have a picnic or just look at the sunset. I don’t see any of that anymore. This poem taught me that nature is the most wonderful thing in the world and there’s nothing else that’s better than that.
  The poet, Henry David Thoreau is a person who loved nature, he loved it so much he build a house next to a pond isolated from everyone else, just him alone with nature. I couldn't imagine why he wouldn't write a poem like this. Henry describes in the poem how he does not care to be, “To be the highest in thy choir, to be a meteor in thy sky, or comet that may range on high”, all he wants is, “Only a zephyr that may blow among the reeds by the river low; give me thy most privy place where to run my airy race.” This is perfect example of how you don’t need anything or to be anything, all you need is to be alongside nature. The second part of the poem is explaining that let him “sigh upon a reed” and give him some work to do only as long as it’s near you (nature). I think the last stanza is the best part of the poem.

 “For I'd rather be thy child
And pupil, in the forest wild,
Than be the king of men elsewhere,
And most sovereign slave of care;
To have one moment of thy dawn,
Than share the city's year forlorn.”

 This section is describing how he would rather be the child in the forest wild, than to be a ruler or king somewhere else. He rather share a moment with nature than to share a year in the city miserable.
I believe that the theme or message of this poem is that we should share a moment with nature and cherish that instead of dreaming to be somewhere else. Nature is the greatest thing that the world has to offer, so lets take that offer and use it to our advantage. 

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Civil Disobedience
Walden
A Plea for Captain John Brown
Slavery in Massachusetts
Life Without Principle
The Last Days of John Brown
Walking
The Maine Woods
Where I Lived, and What I Lived For
Wild Apples
Paradise (to be) Regained
Autumnal Tints
The Succession of Forrest Trees
Night and Moonlight
Faith in a Seed
Wild Fruits
Canoeing in the Wilderness
and many, many more

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If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.

Our life is frittered away by detail... simplify, simplify.

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

All good things are wild, and free.

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.

This world is but a canvas to our imagination.

That government is best which governs least.

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an idealistic philosophical and social movement that developed in New England around 1836 in reaction to rationalism. Influenced by romanticism, Platonism, and Kantian philosophy, it taught that divinity pervades all nature and humanity, and its members held progressive views on feminism and communal living. Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau were central figures.