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Annotations of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner: In the first stanza, it is seen that three young men are walking together to a wedding when one of them is arrested by a whined old sailor. The young Wedding-Guest angrily demands that the Mariner let go of him, and the Mariner submits. But the young man… Continue reading Meaning and Solved Questions of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner: 2022
Critical Analysis of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner: Tthe original version of the poem in the 1797 edition of Lyrical Ballads did not consist of the side notes. But the explanatory notes confuse, rather than clarify, the poem as a whole. While there are times that they explain some unspoken action, there are also times that they interpret… Continue reading Untitled
About the Poet: Samuel Taylor Coleridge, born on October 21, 1772, was an English poet as well as a literary critic of modern English tradition. He was also a philosopher, a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets. Energetic in the stir of the French Revolution as an unorthodox writer of… Continue reading Summary of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Coleridge: 2022
To Nature: Critical Analysis This poem is Coleridge’s way of offering a prayer to Nature. Like Wordsworth and some other Romantic poets as well, Coleridge sees Nature as a god. To him, the worship of Nature is much nobler than that of any organized religion. The worship of the natural world does not take the… Continue reading To Nature: Critical Analysis: 2022
In “To Nature,” Coleridge upholds the Romantic practice of worshipping Nature as an actual God. Hence, it can be considered to be the expression of one of the central tenets of the Romantic movement itself. About the Poet: Samuel Taylor Coleridge was an English poet, literary critic, and philosopher. Along with his friend William Wordsworth, he was… Continue reading To Nature: Summary: 2022
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (21 October 1772 – 25 July 1834), described by Charles Lamb as ‘Logician, Metaphysician, bard’ had a very disquiet life which was made more tumultuous by his own sensitive and uneven temperament. He was a Jesus College, Cambridge graduate. In 1796 he brought out his first collection of his verse under the… Continue reading Summary and Analysis of Frost at Midnight by Coleridge
Samuel Taylor Coleridge was an English poet, critic and a philosopher. He was born on October 21st at Ottery St. Mary, Devonshire. Coleridge is best known for his three great romantic poems: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Kubla Khan and Christabel. ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ is structured into balladic stanzas which is… Continue reading Summary and Analysis of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The sheer genius of a poetic mind is reflected most blissfully in Summary of Frost at Midnight by Samuel Taylor Coleridge where he banks upon wings of poesy to linger on the restatement of themes abiding; a trend that highlights English Romanticism to its zenith. The poem begins with the depiction of a frost filled… Continue reading Summary of Frost at Midnight by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Understanding the meaning of Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge is one of the most complicated pieces of poetry owing to its profound imagery that has various symbolic ramifications. However, beneath the thick veneer of Kubla Khan’s imagery lies the central theme of Romantic imagination and poetic creation that has been exploited all throughout the… Continue reading Kubla Khan Meaning
Kubla Khan by Coleridge who was one of the forerunners of the Romantic movement of the 19th century is also a poem that serves as a vehicle to most of the features that exemplify the spirit of Romanticism. The very theme of the poem, romantic imagination and poetical creation is the root of the Romantic… Continue reading Kubla Khan Analysis and Summary
