Dickenson…transcendentalist?

Emily Dickinson could be considered a transcendentalist. She was very closely connected with nature, which happens to be a big transcendentalist quality. She refers to the Earth as if it were alive; “When it comes, the landscape listens…” Also, to agree with Emerson, she talks about how she is in the woods she is reminded of childhood and can relate to one, with the feeling of virginity all around her. In addition, Dickinson states that she has never conversed with God which demonstrates that she was not a believer of any specific religion, showing that no idea controls her thoughts, she thinks for herself; self-reliance (Thoreau).