ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Emerson states that when he himself stands in the woods, he feels the Universal Being flowing through him. This notion of the Universal Being, which he identifies with God, is what many readers identify as transcendentalism.

Detailed explanation-2: -In the woods, we return to reason and faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life, -no disgrace, no calamity, (leaving me my eyes), which nature cannot repair.

Detailed explanation-3: -what does emerson think and feel when he stands in the woods? he feels peaceful, young, at one with God and all creation, and like nothing can harm him that nature cannot repair.

Detailed explanation-4: -For Emerson, nature is not God but the body of God’s soul-"nature, ” he writes, is “mind precipitated.” Emerson feels that to fully realize one’s role in this respect is to be in paradise. He ends “Nature” with these words: “Every moment instructs, and every object; for wisdom is infused into every form.