Unity
Unity - meaning Summary
Possessive Force of Individuality
Emerson’s "Unity" is a compact meditation on exclusivity and dominant force. The cuckoo image stands for agents that seize space and expel rivals, transforming nests, lands, and rhythms. That monopolizing power reshapes qualities and time, imposing a single will on age and hour. The poem suggests a natural, relentless tendency for some presences to prevail and determine which lives and traits endure.
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