poems about transcendental thinking

Transcendentalists seek to tap into the goodness and power of the individual. Contemplate the example sentences from the following poems to see how difficult this goal is: Tupac Shakur's "In the Depths of Solitude," Joy Harjo's "Remember," and Emily Dickinson's "A Light Exists in Spring."

Here are all the word lists to support the reading of Grade 11 Unit 4's texts from SpringBoard's Common Core ELA series: Self-Reliance, Where I Lived, poems about transcendental thinking, All I Really Need to Know, Into the Wild (excerpts), Into the Wild, A View from Mount Ritter, multi-genre research project sample, Sparky, Charles M. Schulz
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  1. ponder
    reflect deeply on a subject
    I exist in the depths of solitude
    Pondering my true goal
  2. preserve
    keep in safety and protect from harm, loss, or destruction
    Trying to find peace of mind
    And still preserve my soul
  3. yearn
    desire strongly or persistently
    Constantly yearning to be accepted
  4. compromise
    settle by concession
    Never compromising but sometimes risky
  5. solitude
    the state or situation of being alone
    How can I be in the depths of solitude
    When there are two inside of me
  6. simplicity
    lack of ornamentation
    This Duo within me causes
    The perfect opportunity
    To learn and live twice as fast
    As those who accept simplicity.
  7. struggle
    make a strenuous or labored effort
    Remember your birth, how your mother struggled
    to give you form and breath.
  8. evidence
    an indication that makes something apparent
    You are evidence of
    her life, and her mother's, and hers.
  9. origin
    the source of something's existence or from which it derives
    Remember the wind. Remember her voice. She knows the
    origin of this universe.
  10. scarcely
    only a very short time before
    A Light exists in Spring
    Not present on the Year
    At any other period -
    When March is scarcely here.
  11. solitary
    preferring to be alone
    A Color stands abroad
    On Solitary Fields
  12. horizon
    the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet
    Then as Horizons step
    Or Noons report away
    Without the Formula of sound
    It passes and we stay
  13. content
    the state of being satisfied with your situation in life
    A quality of loss
    Affecting our Content
  14. encroach
    advance beyond the usual limit
    As Trade had suddenly encroached
  15. sacrament
    a formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace
    Upon a Sacrament
Created on Sun Nov 16 01:29:33 EST 2014 (updated Mon Nov 17 01:44:56 EST 2014)

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