When I was reading the poem “The Rhodora” by Ralph Waldo

Emerson, I discovered that he focuses on a rhodora which literally

means a common flowering shrub. It was quite hard to understand the
poem because he used a lot of metaphor on most of the lines.
For me, the writer expresses his love on nature through using a
rhodora that presented as a flower as beautiful as the rose, but which
remains humble and does not seek fame. I also noticed that the writer
was inspired on constructing the poem because of his reminiscence on
past experiences. It seems that the poem includes Emerson’s thoughts
about the connection of the nature and the humanity. It means that the
nature and human can share a kindred relationship with God through
nature. The narrator relates to the flower by equally embracing
humility as a Christian virtue.