Compensation by R. W. Emerson

    The poem ‘‘Compensation’’ written by R. W. Emerson. Poem stands with the idea of

                  ‘Balance in Imbalance’.

    Poet describes balance and imbalance in human beings. When poet seemed people on the surface level he finds out that there is no equality but when he goes into deep and fined out that there is equality in human beings.

   He proved that with the philosophical way rather he applied ‘‘Buddhist Philosophy’’ to prove his argument that every human being is unique and no one is superior or inferior. This uniqueness makes all human beings equal otherwise there is no equality among people. Because everyone have their own unique personality rather talent through which they becomes different and that is why they are unique.

    On the other side when someone wants to be equal to someone it’s suggest that they are not happy with their position and also wants to be equal to that person’s position. Every person has their own talent which others do not have. So, poet’s aim is to be compensed rather satisfied with what you have. And if people want to be happy, be giver or Datta.

       As T. S. Eliot talked about in ‘‘The Waste Land’’ that what is more important-

   What have we? Or

   What have we given?

    So, the important thing is what we have given. One has to be sacrifice. Because it is only the medium through which one should be happy and one should feel ‘‘Shantih, Shantih, Shantih’’. So, the Indian philosophy of ‘KARMA’ is very applicable here.