Brahma Poem Analysis. This is an analysis of the famous poem "Brahma," by Ralph Waldo Emerson. It explores the deep symbolism and explains the Hindu vocabulary used. Includes direct quotations.

BRAHMA In Ralph Waldo Emerson's poem, "Brahma" is miraculous in its blend of Eastern and Western thought. In the poem, Emerson assumes the role of Brahma, the Hindu God of creation. Emerson is able to use clever, yet complex paradoxical logic in order to present his philosophy in poetic terms. Throughout the poem, Emerson alludes to Hindu mythology. The knowledge of which he gained through reading the Bhagavad-Gita and other Hindu scriptures. In Ralph Waldo …

…clarifies it the second stanza in which he states that the universe lives in harmony ad not opposing forces such as good and evil. Lastly, Emerson calls upon the reader to abandon praying for material thoughts or asking him, Brahma, for asylum as join him in the ultimate unity of the universe. In writing "Brahma," Emerson boldly crosses new bounds by assuming the perspective of a God and by cleverly mixing Eastern and Western thought