Credo
‘Credo’ by Robinson Jeffers is a powerful poem that asserts the poet’s beliefs about humanity’s connection to the natural world and explores how they contrast with the main tenants of Transcendentalism.
Robinson Jeffers was an American poet born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, in 1887. He studied literature and medicine as a student and published his first volume of poetry in 1912. His work is remembered for its loose, free verse style inspired by the writing of Walt Whitman.
‘Credo’ by Robinson Jeffers is a powerful poem that asserts the poet’s beliefs about humanity’s connection to the natural world and explores how they contrast with the main tenants of Transcendentalism.
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