Samuel Taylor Coleridge of course had his own style, but he was close to William and Dorothy Wordsworth. This friendship possessed many hidden agendas, but nevertheless the writing that they shared is work that is still viewed today as phenomenal. One of his poems that he wrote was Rime of the Ancient Mariner. The poem was grim but it told a story that intrigued the senses. This poem ends with a moral that everyone needs to take care of everyone that God has created nature for. In the first stanza, Coleridge does a good job of describing how the Mariner looked. In the first passage he begins to give detailed descriptions of what "The Mariner" looked like. You could have the visual image by his details. He states:
"By thy long grey beard and glittering eye,
Now wherefore stopp'st thou me?
"The bridegroom's doors are opened wide,
And I am next of kin;.....(p.305)
Coleridge draws the audiences attention by stating that the man has a "glittering eye." He does the same in the poem he wrote called The Eolian Harp. This poem was almost like a song and it gave metaphoric detail of describing of how he felt. The two poems are quite different because in The Eolian Harp, the tone of the poem is melodious and bright. The tone of the poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is dark and gloomy. That was the great thing about the work of Coleridge, you could almost expect anything.
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Tamica,
ReplyDeleteSome good observations about Coleridge's two poems, but not as much development and support for your interpretation as you really need. I think you would have been better off choosing to focus on either the Rime or "The Eolian Harp," so you could explore in greater depth.
I liked the imagery in his poems as well. He really draws you in with the images he puts in your head! I sort of wish he was around today to write less boring and more modern novels!
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