When one lets go of the past, only then can one truly connect with nature and understand it. It is necessary for one to do so and look at nature in a new way in order to be able to appreciate it as it is. Nature is usually overlooked even though there are endless interactions between society and nature. Sylvia Plath’s poem, “I Am Vertical,” and Ralph Waldo Emerson’s piece, “Nature,” both include the communication between the narrator and nature. Although both pieces deal with the narrator’s connection with nature, the way that Plath views nature and the way that Emerson views are significantly different.