and his fellow sailors begin praying for him‚ asking that God would save the Mariner “from the fiends that plague [him] thus”(Coleridge 80). This parallels the prayers sent by friends and family after a loved ones passing. Upon reflecting on his actions‚ he expresses remorse for the “hellish thing” he did when he “killed the bird that made the breeze to blow” (Coleridge 91-94). The act seems to have damned the sailor to hellish existence‚ and he morbidly reflects on his actions like a penitent in
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Close Reading of a Poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is a great example of a typical English ballad tradition. The poem‚ as a result‚ provides the reader with a lengthy narrative. The poem is a part of the Lyrical Ballads published by both Coleridge and William Wordsworth in 1798. This work differs from many others in the collection as it is more ballad than lyric. The phrase "lyrical ballad" was intended to signify the authors ’ intention to combine the two genres: the lyric‚ dedicated to personal
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focusing in on the Romantic genre of poetry that elevates the common mans experience to the sublime. (6) The relevance produced by this poetry‚ whether it is an abundance of emotion expressed by Wordsworth‚ a philosophical initiative presented by Coleridge‚ or a spiritual awakening depicted by Shelley‚ is sparked by the tenor of social and political circumstances at the time. A few of the characteristics of the Romantic period are 1.) Emphasis on the individual‚ 2.) Belief in the sublime‚ 3.) Emphasis
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imaginative‚ the occult and the supernatural. Though pre-eminently a poet of the supernatural‚ Coleridge differs from the school of Gothic Romance in his treatment of the supernatural. Gothic writers like Horace Walpole‚ William Beckford‚ Ann Radcliffe and Mathew Gregory Lewis used sensational and supernatural occurrences with an aim to evoke chilling terror by exploiting mystery and a variety of horrors. Coleridge also makes use of supernatural agencies and situations but his treatment aims to make the
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Some Readers think the ballad form limits their interest in The Ancient Mariner. What is your view of Coleridge’s use of this form? In the Rime of the Ancient Mariner‚ Coleridge employs the ballad form to contrast the traditional with the exotic through this he forms a poem full of supernatural elements that is easily accessible. The ballad form was a typical form of medieval poetry that was revived by the Romantics as it symbolised a form representative of an idealised past. It is also associated
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the “renaissance of wonder”. Coleridge (1772-1834) is one of the greatest of romantic poets who touched lightly on all the keys of poetic expression‚ but he remains unequaled in one sphere of poetry – that is supernatural. Before Coleridge supernatural element had applied in English literature (apart from drama) in the works of Horace Walpole‚ Mrs. Ann Radcliff and Monk Lewis. While planning a new volume of poems to be jointly written by Wordsworth and Coleridge‚ Coleridge undertook to deal with the
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Christabel is an unfinished poem of 677 lines written by S.T. Coleridge. Its first part consists of 337 lines‚ which was written in 1797 and its second part consists of 337 lines which were written in 1800‚ after Coleridge returned back from Germany. After this there was a decline in his poetic powers and in spite of his numerous efforts to complete the poem‚ he could not do so. This poem was supposed to be included in the second edition of the Lyrical Ballads‚ but because it was not complete its
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in close proximity to William and Dorothy Wordsworth‚ in Somerset‚ and arises from an occasion in June of that year when the Wordsworths and a visitor from London‚ Coleridge’s friend from his schooldays‚ Charles Lamb (a poet and essayist)‚ left Coleridge‚ who had been disabled by ‘an accident’‚ in his ‘garden bower’‚ and went walking in the neighbouring countryside. The poem’s title captures the mood of the opening lines (wherein it is repeated)‚ and the impression that is conveyed is strong negative
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The poet William Wordsworth (1770 - 1850) believes that every human being is a sojourner in the mortal world‚ whereas his real home being heaven. In fact‚ the poet starts with the major premise that men descend form God. To Wordsworth‚ God was everywhere manifest in the harmony of nature‚ and he felt deeply the kinship between nature and the soul of humankind. Man has his soul which knows no decay and destruction. But as one is born‚ one begins to be confined within the flesh. The soul‚ bound in
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but not only in literary style. This period saw the formation of new countries‚ new governing styles‚ and the birth of many new ways of thinking. In this time British Literature was characterized by the work of six major writers‚ Wordsworth‚ Coleridge‚ Byron‚ Percy‚ Shelly‚ Keats‚ and Blake. (Book page 1363-4). Lord Byron‚ as described by Hipolyte Taine‚ a French critic of the late romantic‚ said that Lord Byron was “the greatest and most English of these artists;’ he is so great and so English
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