(1) It is the opening verse of Nature published in 1849. This opening verse reveals Emerson's approach, in both philosophy and his writing, of starring from one point and moving outward. It also introduces many of the themes and images to follow in Nature and throughout his other writings, such as the circle of “chain of countless rings” and “the eye” to represent continuity and vision, the interconnectedness of all things in nature, and humanity as nature's highest “form.” Nature is, according to biographer Richardson, “a modern version of Plato, and American version of Kant.”

(2) As an exhibition of Emerson's philosophical tenets, Emerson's sense of mankind's destined arrival in the evolutionary process and the affinity of man's still emerging mind with the laws of universe. The principal motif of this poem, as previously mentioned, harkens all the way through Nature, which provides the evidence that Emerson's endorsement of the theory of evolution. Along with other poems, such as “Wealth”, and “Fate”, Emerson expressed his trust in entire universe. As the following text of “nature” has ascribed to the notions mentioned in this poem, such as “an original relation to the universe”, “transparent eye-ball” and a person who striving to be a “great man”.

(3) However, the idea of Emerson's Nature, was criticized as the epitome of Transcendentalist individualism and self-absorption. Despite such criticisms, both the message of ones with nature and the first-person stream of consciousness style defined a new literary genre as well as a new philosophy and would later be echoed in the works of other writers of the era, such as Emily Dickinson or Walt Whitman.