Introduction Samuel Taylor Coleridge‚ one of the most outstanding figures of Romanticism‚ was born into a religious family. His father was the vicar of Ottery St Mary‚ a small village in Devon‚ and through him Coleridge became familiar with the principles of Christianity. Although a number of critics have tried to prove the contrary‚ references to Christianity can be found in Coleridge’s most famous poetic creation: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Some critics argue that Coleridge’s profound
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge (21 October 1772 – 25 July 1834) was an English poet‚ Romantic‚ literary critic and philosopher. He is probably best known for his poems The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla Khan‚ as well as for his major prose work Biographia Literaria. Throughout his adult life‚ Coleridge suffered from crippling bouts of anxiety and depression; it has been speculated that he suffered from bipolar disorder‚ a mental disorder which was unknown during his life.[1] Coleridge chose to treat
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Coleridges poem This Lime-Tree Bower My Prison teaches us that through an imaginative journey‚ you can broaden your mind and spirit. Imaginative journeys arent bounded by physical barriers and obstacles. They allow the power of imagination to achieve mental‚ spiritual and emotional freedom. Coleridge communicates this idea through the use of the main characters physical confinement under the bower tree. He is able to imagine his friends journey through dell‚ plains‚ hills‚ meadows‚ sea and islands
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it is a Romantic verse monologue .It is believed that the speaker of the poem. Frost at Midnight is Coleridge himself. This is a great poem which gives a very personal restatement of the themes of the early English Romanticism. Nature was the predominant theme of most of the poem .Written by the poet during that era‚ however there is a great difference between the theme of nature handled By Coleridge and his peers. He believed that nature is full of joy and happiness and we should not color or discolor
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Authors often use literature to give readers knowledge on how to live life and how to be the best person that they can possibly be. Samuel Coleridge and Leo Tolstoy are two authors who discuss morality and give beneficial life lessons in their literary works. Both Coleridge and Tolstoy teach their readers life lessons by using cautionary tales. In Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”‚ the Mariner is the character that gives the wedding-guest in the poem‚ and readers‚ essential life lessons
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apocalypse‚ as it deals with the Mariner’s revelation that good will triumph over evil‚ and his acceptance of all nature as God’s creation. It is impossible to believe that Coleridge was not thinking of the mysterious wind that blows on the Mariner‚ without any awareness of the wind as a Biblical symbol of the Holy Spirit. Coleridge could also not associate the murder of the albatross with the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The reader is told that the Polar Spirit "loved the bird that loved the man who
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Within the poem considered his most famous work‚ Samuel Taylor Coleridge uses an abundance of literary devices to contribute to the effect of the poem. “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” contains many elements‚ each of which enhances the way the poem conveys meaning. The extensive use of alliteration‚ varying metrical patterns‚ internal and external rhyme‚ anaphora‚ caesura‚ enjambment‚ and inversion add to the complexity of the structure and the overall meaning of “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
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present tense from the point of view of an un-named narrator; which may (or may not) be the author. However‚ the nightmares and sleep disruption described in the poem are symptomatic of withdrawal from opiate addiction‚ an affliction from which Coleridge was known to suffer‚ and it is prudent to assume that it is the poet who speaks in this poem. The use of a first person present narrative gives this poem an intimate‚ almost conversational tone and allows the reader to feel as though they are taking
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Stephanie Green Compare and analyse “just back: into the Mongolian nothingness” and “Kubla Khun” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. “Kubla Khan” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge is a poem about the creative powers of the poetic mind. Through the use of vivid imagery Coleridge reproduces a paradise-like vision of the landscape and kingdom created by Kubla Khan. Whereas “just back: into the Mongolian nothingness” is a travel article. However it’s not the usual type of travel writing you would expect‚ as it’s
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Coleridge: A Supernatural Author All literary freedom started with two men. These two are known all around the world. One of them was literally a genius because of his approach to literature but his real reputation comes from his ability to break chains of conservative customs and to create a new movement. The other one was actually more eccentric than the founding father of a new movement and era which is called Romanticism. I underlined the word eccentric because he believed an idea which had
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