themes of religious‚ social‚ supernatural‚ spiritual and even mental exploration‚ all utilizing sensationalist description and plot. The gothic can also transcend literary style; this is evident when we compare the poetry of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Browning. Coleridge who is a romantic poet has displayed gothic themes in some his work such as‚ “The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner” and “Christabel”. Browning who writes at a later Victorian period displays similar themes in poems such as “My
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Honors British Literature Byron’s Legacy Lord Byron was a moody‚ proud‚ cynical and fierce man who frowned upon society and constantly defied it. We see in much of his literature a reflection of himself. The characteristics of Byron are illustrated in works of writing other than his own. His fictitious embodiment appears in the book Frankenstein‚ the poem “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”‚ and the modern book The Hunger Games. The characters with Byron-like qualities are considered Byronic(or
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William Wordsworth (1770-1850)‚ an early leader of romanticism in English poetry‚ ranks as one of the greatest lyric poets in the history of English literature. William Wordsworth was born in Cookermouth‚ Cumberland‚ on April 7‚ 1770‚ the second child of an attorney. Unlike the other major English romantic poets‚ he enjoyed a happy childhood under the loving care of his mother and in close intimacy with his younger sister Dorothy (1771-1855). As a child‚ he wandered exuberantly through the lovely
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"I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" (also commonly known as "Daffodils"[2]) is a lyric poem by William Wordsworth. It was inspired by an event on 15 April 1802‚ in which Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy came across a "long belt" of daffodils. Written some time between 1804 and 1807 (in 1804 by Wordsworth’s own account)‚[3] it was first published in 1807 in Poems in Two Volumes‚ and a revised versionwas published in 1815.[4] It is written in six-line stanzas with an ababcc rhyme scheme‚ like the Venus
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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner‚ a text by Samuel Taylor Coleridge‚ uses repetition to demonstrate the despair of the ancient mariner. Coleridge uses repetition in the lines of the poem which helps readers to understand the despair that the ancient mariner feels. In Part 1‚ the ancient mariner is stranded with his sailors in an icy area where they cannot pass. The sailors grow weary due to the stagnant trip‚ where the mariner’s despair is seen by the description of “ice was here‚ the ice was there
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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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“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. The poem changes to the 1st person narrative and the speaker then attempts to recreate a vision he saw. Through the description of the visions of Kubla Khan’s palace and the speaker’s visions the poem tells of the creation of an enchanting beautiful
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Lucy poems Lucy poems are the 5 different poems written by WW between 1798 and 1801. They belong to the second edition of ‘’Lyrical Ballads’’‚ which is a collection of both Wordsworth’s and Coleridge’s poems. Lucy poems are lyrical ballads‚ they are written in verse and they all tell a story as briefly as possible. Wordsworth wrote them in the simple language of common people and he often used dramatic changes of states and ironic inversions which are also present in the traditional ballad.
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Important quotes from Frankenstein “I shall certainly find no friend on the wide ocean‚” I desire the company of a man who could sympathise with me‚ whose eyes would reply to mine.” RW – These quotations introduce the major theme of loneliness and isolation. Links to how Victor Frankenstein always wanted that companion. “We accordingly brought him back to the deck‚ and restored him to animation” RW on VF – The theme of creating life is evident throughout the beginning of the novel. “Why not still
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remember the reader knows what Hamlet is thinking. What Hamlet decides to do is “pronounced to be so atrocious and horrible‚ as to be unfit to be put into the mouth of a human being.” (Coleridge 4). Hamlet here has the reader believing that he is insane‚ however he could just be blinded by rage
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