104 poetry coleridge

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SAMUEL TAYLOR

COLERIDGE(October 21, 1772-July 25, 1834) 61

* poet, critic, philosopher, lecturer,publisher/jour!list* "co-#ou$er% o# &o'!tic oe'et, ith+or$sorth

* brilli!t () poetry, theolo.y, liter!rycriticis', philosophy ch!r'i./ch!ris'!tic* brilli!t (-) sel#-$estructie, i'petuous, cotr!$ictory, $i$0t #iish h!t st!rte$--irresposible, !ste#ul o# his t!lets, i$le* $ru. !$$ict (l!u$!u'/opiu')

* thou.ht epressio* super!tur!l superstitios* per#ectio o# 'eter

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bor Ottery t !ry, eoshire

you.est o# 12 chil$re

#!ther &eere$ Joh oleri$.e

o eoshire ic!r (176)o o #or .re!t schol!rship, si'ple ch!r!cter

o he!$'!ster !t .r!''!r school (andic!r util $e!th)

'other 9e :o$o

o Joh0s 2$i#e

spoile$, precocious, restless, lost i ! $re!' orl$

1782 ; 1

o #!ther $ie$

o ; set to school !t hrist0s ebru!ry, etere$ Jesus olle.e, !'bri$.e


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o $ispl!ye$ his !l'ost photo.r!phic 'e'ory by reciti. hole p!.es o# tet re!$ i the

'ori. $uri. i.htti'e $iscussios A politics

17@3

o le#t !'bri$.e eliste$

o i >i#teeth =i.ht r!.oos c!!lry

o u$er the !'e il!s ;o'y o'berb!cheo b/c o# $ebts, $iscotet'et ith uiersity li#e

o B= ;ucet, ol$ school-#ello, #ou$ hi' out

o #e ees l!ter, rescue$ by brothers (!pt!i J!'es oleri$.e) ho secure$ his

$isch!r.e), t!e b!c to !'bri$.e

17@4 le#t !'bri$.e without! $e.ree

o Cisite$ O#or$, toure$ +!les, to :ristol

o 'et Robert Southey

r!$ic!l reli.io politics

supporte$ >rech &eolutio

poet ; &

o co-rote ;he >!ll o# &obespierre ($r!'!), ; rote !ct 1, & !cts 2, 3

o pl!e$ ! i$e!l $e'ocr!tic co''uity o the Susquehanna River, i Desyl!i!

o "pantisocracy% eEu!l rule by !ll

17@5 pl! #ell throu.h, !b!$oe$ (o FFF)

October 17@5 '!rrie$ !r! >ricer, sister o# &obert outhey0s #i!cGe,!y!y

& '!rrie$ !r!0s sister ! #e ees l!ter, the 'oe$ to Dortu.!l

publishe$ ! collectio o# poe's throu.h #rie$ booseller Joseph ottle

17@5 o lecture$ !t :ristol, o politics theolo.y (thou.ht A .ii. up bei. ! poet #or

Hit!ri! pre!cher)o ** 'et Wordsorth i su''er o# 17@5

++ !$ orothy !t &!ce$o i orsetshire hills

17@6

o publishe$ 1stolu'e o# Doe's

o perio$ic!l, ;he +!tch'!, oly 2 'oths

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o ?ether toey (++) 9l#o$e (;)

o coll!bor!tio

o &i'e o# the 9ciet !rier

too sh!pe !t +!tchett, o the :ritish h!el,

ispire$ by ! #rie$0s $re!',

++ su..este$ shooti. the !lb!tross (hich he .ot #ro' heloce0s 1726Coy!.e)

!"#$

o Lyri%a& 'a&&ads

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; the super!tur!l (to ++ o$er o# co''o subjects)

; 9ciet !rier, ?i.hti.!le, 2 scees #ro' Osorio (tr!.e$y, l!terc!lle$ &e'orse)

publishe$ i :ristol by Joseph ottleo other poe's o# the "toey Derio$%

=oe (poe' !$$e$ to the 18 2$e$itio), re'orse (Osorio), Iubl! Ih!,hris!bel (1stp!rt)

o ; receie$ ! !uity #ro' brothers +e$.eoo$ (FFFFFF)

o epte'ber o# 17@8 (#or @ 'oths) ++ (ith orothy) ; to GERMA(Y

(

I!t0s hristi! ortho$oy

'!stere$ the l!.u!.e, tr!sl!te$ +!llestei

"ori. Dost poe's%(17@8)o ">ire, >!'ie, !$ l!u.hter% (1/8/@8)

o "O$e to >r!ce% (4/16/@8)

* %han.e in +hi&oso+hy*

o disi&&usioned ith the >rech reolutio, reolutioists (see "O$e to >r!ce%)

see ++o lie 'ost +hi.s, $o'estic policy i ti'e o# iter!tio!l !r shoul$ be postpoe$

o lie ostitutio!lists, ordered &ibertyo# costitutio!l .oer'et

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o le#t =o$o #or LA)E DISTRICT

o Greta /a&&, Iesic

o >iishe$ hrist!bel, 2$p!rt

o #ell i loe ith !r!


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** DOW(1ALL** (185-1)o physic!l !il'ets

o $ru. !$$ictio (o+iu-)

o estr!.e$ #ro' his i#e (sice 35, 187)

o i.ht'!res o# re'orse, .uilt, $esp!ir

o 181 #i.ht ith ++ ***

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o public lectures i =o$o (!t the &oy!l Lstitutio)

!$!2 lectures o S/A)ES0EAREo rote #or esp!pers (see

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o rote, publishe$, $istribute$ ;he >rie$

1813

o &e'orse , ! tr!.e$y, success#ul !t rury =!e

1816-34

o lie$ i


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substantia& in4&uen%e on !#thC 'ritish and A-eri%an &iterature

o philosophic!l i$e!lis'

o liber!l ;riit!ri!is'

o eli.htee$ politic!l coser!tis'

o liter!ry theory

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5 )U'LA )/A( 6

17@7-@8

tetr!'eter

publishe$ "as a psychological curiosity, than on the ground of any supposed poetic merit%(; pre#!tory co''ets)

! #r!.'et (3 lies)

"! isio% subtitle

o su''er o# 17@7, i poor he!lth, prescribe$ ! p!i relieer, #ell !sleep hile re!$i.

Durch!s0s Dil.ri'!.eQ $re!'e$ "rote% 2-3 liesQ !oe, re'e'beri. it !ll, trie$ to rite it outQ :H; !s iterrupte$ by ! isitor oly this re'!ie$

!#ter!r$s

STC7s +re4atory %o--ents8 5O4 the 1ra.-ent 9)ub&a )han768

;he #olloi. #r!.'et is here publishe$ !t the reEuest o# ! poet o# .re!t !$ $esere$celebrity R=or$ :yroS, !$, !s #!r !s the 9uthorTs o opiios !re cocere$, r!ther !s! psycholo.ic!l curiosity, th! o the .rou$s o# !y suppose$ poetic 'erits L thesu''er o# the ye!r 17@7, the 9uthor, the i ill he!lth, h!$ retire$ to ! loely #!r'-housebetee Dorloc !$ =ito, o the M'oor co#ies o# o'erset !$ eoshire LcoseEuece o# ! sli.ht i$ispositio, ! !o$ye h!$ bee prescribe$, #ro' the e##ects o#hich he #ell !sleep i his ch!ir !t the 'o'et th!t he !s re!$i. the #olloi.setece, or or$s o# the s!'e subst!ce, i TDurch!sTs Dil.ri'!.eT


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C!ishes, !$ ! thous!$ circlets spre!$,9$ e!ch 'is-sh!pe the other t!y !ile,Door youthU ho sc!rcely $!rTst li#t up thie eyes-;he stre!' ill soo ree its s'oothess, soo

;he isios ill returU 9$ lo, he st!ys,9$ soo the #r!.'ets $i' o# loely #or'so'e tre'bli. b!c, uite, !$ o oce 'ore;he pool beco'es ! 'irror

Vet #ro' the still surii. recollectios i his 'i$, the 9uthor h!s #reEuetly purpose$to #iish #or hi'sel# h!t h!$ bee ori.i!lly, !s it ere, .ie to hi' Rthree Breeor$s tr!sl!te$ !s "L sh!ll si. ! seeter so. to'orro%S but the to-'orro is yet toco'e

9s ! cotr!st to this isio, L h!e !ee$ ! #r!.'et o# ! ery $i##eret ch!r!cter

R"D!is o# leep%S, $escribi. ith eEu!l #i$elity the $re!' o# p!i !$ $ise!se

$re!'-lie, isio!ry

1st p!rt projects ! i$e!l re!l'

2$ p!rt !spires to tr!sce$ th!t i$e!l

siister u$ertoesN

Di >loy$0s "o'#ort!bly ?u'b% "the $re!' is .oe, the chil$ is .oe%

)ub&a )han o.ol y!sty, 13thetury hi!

eclosure o# 1 'iles o# #ertile .rou$

o !ture not 4ree****************

o (see WW0s "ich!el%)

o (see M.l!$0s en%&osurel!s)

!re! !lls, toers, .!r$es, icese-be!ri. trees

ch!s' "s!!.e% "ech!te$% "h!ute$% (by her $e'o loerN)

o'! !ili. #or her $e'o loer

#out!i .eyser, shooti. #r!.'ets

rier s!cre$, #ro' #out!i to se! ("li#eless oce!%)

o 5 'iles throu.h oo$s $!le to c!es

o MYT/OLGY

Bree rier 9lpheus

#los ito the Loi! e! rises i icily i the #out!i o# 9rethus!

see "0erse+hone and De-eter%

#out!i o'! tr!s#or'e$, ch!se$ by spri.-.o$

#out!i u$er.rou$, sees Dersephoe i

ro!r #out!i, rier rui. throu.h c!ersQ rier #!lls to oce! (!ter#!ll)

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!cestr!l oices prophesie !r

jut!positio "a sunny pleasure dome with caves of ice%

DAMSEL

o ith $ulci'er (ither) si.i. At 9bor! (paradise)

o "9byssi! '!i$%

o see i ! isioo META0/OR #or this 3-lie isio

o 0OETIC I(S0IRATIO( (hoey 'il o# p!r!$ise)

o L> L coul$ "reie% ithi 'e her so.

rec!pture/rec!ll (memory)

i'it!te, $uplic!te (skill)o ;


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+ho !s the isitorN

+!s there re!lly ! isitorN

! the poe' st!$ !loe ithout the Ltro$uctioN

Ls the poe' ! #r!.'et or co'plete poe'N

3r$st!! post-itrusio not! $re!'

poe' ! st!te'et o the obstructio th!rti. o# isio!ry .eius "hi'% !t the e$

o poet-!s-'!.ici!

o Iubl! Ih! .oe '!$, !r

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'IOGRA0/IA LITERARIA

liter!ry criticis' b!c.rou$ to =yric!l :!ll!$s

criticis' o# ++0s poetry

$is!.ree$ ith ++0s Dre#!ce

o "+ith '!y p!rts o# this pre#!ce, i the sese !ttribute$ to the', !$ hich the or$s

u$oubte$ly see' to !uthorie, L eer cocurre$Q but, o the cotr!ry, objecte$ tothe' !s erroneous i priciple, !$ contradictory Xboth to other p!rts o# the s!'epre#!ce, !$ to the !uthorTs o pr!ctice i the .re!ter u'ber o# the poe'sthe'seles%

Ber'! hi.h criticis' (see =essi., Boethe)

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5This Li-e,Tree 'oer My 0rison6

July 17@7

o !r! !cci$et!lly e'ptie$ sillet o# boili. 'il o his #oot

o

so he coul$0t .o !li. ith ++, orothy, h!rles =!'b "boer% ! shelter (the cott!.e)

"li'e tree% =i$e tree

?ether toey

to h!rles =!'b

lie$ by &oo "o'ehere out ;here% so.

ii$ colors, sou$s, si.hts immediacy

imaginative!l

o iste!$ o# !physical!l

o

$o to $ell, !sh tree, !ter #!ll, suseto ** 0OWER o4 IMAGI(ATIO( **

City

o eil, p!i,

o =!'b0s sister, !ry st!bbe$ 'other i #it o# is!ity

o see 'LA)E< WW

boer just !s .oo$, #oli!.e, !lut tree, iy, b!t, bu'blebee

!ture eeryhere

o 1AIT/

(see WW)o "nature never deserts the wise and pure%

so'eti'es it0s .oo$ to be $eprie$ so you h!e to rely o your L9BL?9;LO?

o "lift the soul, and contemplate the joys we cannot share%


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Ri-e o4 the An%ient Mariner 2 $e'os0 coers!tio

o '!es re!$er 9ciet '!rier,

o listei. to the'

o

(!rlo i


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o '!es the' !cco'plices

i$ stops

$e!$ c!l', se! thices

IRO(Y surrou$e$ by !ter yet $yi. o# thirst

se! cre!tures u.ly "sli'y thi.s%

St= E&-o7s 1ire

o :9 LB? Y1

o coro!l $isch!r.e, #ro' ! .rou$e$ object i electric!l stor'

o t Ml'o (t Mr!s'us o# >or'i!e, p!tro s!it o# s!ilors)

"9bout, !bout, i reel !$ rout;he $e!th-#ires $!ce$ !t i.htQ;he !ter, lie ! itchTs oils,:urt .ree, !$ blue, !$ hite%

S+irit o4 the Dee+

o

@ #!tho's belo #ollos the'o ot ! !.el

o ot o# the $e!$

they curse the 9ciet !rier

o h!. the A&batross around his ne%;

o .ie hi' sole resposibility, 1Z o# the bl!'e

0art ?8

eleto ship

ith e!th !$ e!th-i-=i#e

she is 9ciet !rier i $ice :9 LB? Y2

they curse 9ciet !rier $rop $e!$

0art @8

h!tes "sli'y cre!tures%

c!0t pr!y

** Sisy+hus torture(L&O?V)

o !ll !ter, c!0t $ri

o !ll $e!th, c!0t $ie

o pl!ets "sli'y cre!tures% 'oe, c!0t 'oe

o pl!ets "sli'y cre!tures% !re ho'e, c!0t .o ho'e

** a++re%iation 4or a&& &ivin. %reatures

o Ro-anti% notion

!lb!tross #!lls ito the se!

0art 8

sleep, r!i, $ri

ro!ri. i$

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outher =i.hts

!.els ito the cre

o si. !t $!

'oe /o i$

o by the Dol!r pirit, @ #!tho's $eep,

o to the MEu!tor

tu. o# !r

o Ce.e!ce oo (Bo$)

!.els 'oe ship too #!st #or '!

0art 38

2 $e'os

curse oer

ho-e

!.les le!e cre

hirlpool sis ship ship seleto-lie, e!th0s

0art "8

hirlpool

boy .oes '!$

ship sis

9ciet !rier ros to shore

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51rost at Midni.ht6 >ebru!ry 17@8

?ether toey

"Frost#s secret ministry%

so

sits !loe this A his so

settin.

o 12 9,

o !loe,

o silece (too quiet)

o b!by sleeps besi$e hi'

o #ire buri. lo

"4i&-%

o piece o# soot #lo!ti., #lutteri. o b!r o# .!te

o

porte$s !rri!l o# !bset #rie$o ('ist)

o it0s the oly uEuiet thi.

0roBe%tion project our o #eeli.s oto so'eoe or so'ethi. else

o pe!er projects #eeli.s oto the "#il'%

o "soul seeking of itself% ! 'irror

MEMORY

o schoolboy $!y$re!'i. A ho'e/birthpl!ce hile looi. !t #il'

see ; bio.r!phic!l ote (; !t hrist0s


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o 'e'ories,

o !ture,

o #eeli.s

ROMA(TIC8

i--edia%y !ture !s te!cher o# joy

rel!tioship betee hil$ !$ ?!ture

ity s outry

hil$hoo$ 9$ulthoo$ linkedby MEMORY

** STC vs= WW< '&a;e **

chil$hoo$ is ?O; innate joy, h!ppiess

o $epe$s o here oe is r!ise$ (eiro'et)

o "urture% s !ture rel!tioship betee chil$ !ture fragile

o e!sily lost, 'isse$ he $eprie$


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5DeBe%tion8 An Ode6 9pril 4, 182

5'a&&ad o4 Sir 0atri%; S+en%e6

o !ciet cottish b!ll!$ i hich ir D!tric pece $ros ith bo!tlo!$ o# cottish

oble'e s!ili. o or$ers #ro' the i. :H; !.!ist their o better ju$.'eto 'oo :9 LB?

o h!rbi.er o# stor'

o superstitio or !bility to "re!$ !ture%NN (see ++0s "ich!el%)

st!rt loe letter to !r!h


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spiritu!l $ryess (DISCO((ECT)

"e M!rth !$ ?e


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5Re%o&&e%tions o4 Love6 187

this he!th re'i$s hi' o# "seaward $uantock#s heathy hills%

e!r ?ether toey

8 ye!rs !.o

=oe !t 1st si.ht it !s "!s i#% L loe$ you !ll 'y li#e

=oe linked to ?!ture Bret! &ier

&ecollecte$ !'o. ?!ture, cl!'or o# the city

=oe "under song%


5Wor; ithout /o+e6 >ebru!ry 21, 1825

$ejecte$, DISCO((ECTED, #ro' ?!ture

ot cre!tie

(see "DeBe%tion%)

"All nature seems at work% (slu.s, bees, bir$s, iter)

"And the while, the sole unbusy thing% *****************************

"!ork without hope draws nectar in the sieve, and "ope without an object cannot live%

o "ect!r% Doetic Lspir!tio

o (see ")ub&a )han%)


5E+ita+h6 1833

1 ye!r be#ore his o $e!th

rites his o epit!ph, u-#!'ous poet

oul$ r!ther be #or.ie th! #!'ous

i--orta&ity

o #!'e re'e'bere$ by !

o he!e re'e'bere$ by Bo$

"found death in life%

o

sicess, !$$ictio, p!i --physicalo $ejectio --spiritual (hy #or.ieess)


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5Christabe&6 17@7-181

lie ")ub&a )han%

o #r!.'et (o p!rt 3)

o

eisioe$ !s ! hole 0LAGIARISM

o ir +!lter cott0s 185 =!y o# the =!st istrel

o :yro0s 1816 ie.e o# orith

"eyes%

Su+erstitions "Christabe&,% "An%ient Mariner%

0ART !8

M;;L?B

o i$$le o# the i.ht

o !stle cloc ri.s toothless $o. b!rs

o ?i.ht chilly, ot $!r, .r!y clou$, #ull 'oo behi$ clou$s, 9pril

C/RISTA'EL

o i the oo$s !t 12 9

o to pr!y !t o! ith 'istletoe (.oo$, r!re)

'istletoe usu!lly .ros o !pple trees eer!te$ i eltic :rit!io pr!yi. #or her "betrothed knight%

o i.ht ho is #!r !!y, :H; see i her $re!'s

o she he!rs BM&9=L?M 'o!i. behi$ ! tree

GERALDI(E

o +L;8

bell

o $e!th ell

o p!ssi. hour (oe hour closer to her $e!th)

o "knells us back to a world of death%

l!

o cout 45 be!$s betee e!ch ell

.hosts

o o# "* sinful se+tons%

La;e Distri%t

o :r!th!


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'ori. bells !e Ber!l$ie, hrist!bel pr!ys #or uo sis

o daHed * %on4used !e up ot o h!t $!y it is, h!t ti'e it is, ho you !re,

here you !re, h!t h!ppee$o "with such perplexity of mind as dreams too lively leave behind%

$re!'s sooooo re!l +h!t0s re!lN +h!t #!eN

'ard 'ra%y7s drea- vision8

s!e coile$ !rou$ $oe (see reli.ious sy'bolis' !boe)

c!'ou#l!.e$, c!0t see .ree s!e i .ree .r!ss (Mil hi$$e)

$oe 'o!s i coils

:: !oe !s hrist!bel 'et Ber!l$ie

o :!r$ :r!cy c!ot .o to$!y b/c he is looi. #or ! s!e

o literaltr!sl!tio o# thefigurative$re!'

ir =eo \-listei. (etr!ce$NN) se$s :: !!y

hrist!bel sees Ber!l$ie0s "!e eyes% :H; c!ot s!y !ythi. (S0ELL)

Lroy/tist hrist!bel hisses, #ro' shoc, #e!r, hrist!bel $oe, Ber!l$ie s!e

)in. Lear

hrist!bel be.s o her ees #or =eo to se$ Ber!l$ie !!y :H; c!ot s!y hy (S0ELL)

=eo "dishonored% by his oly, #!orite $!u.hter

=eo t!es Ber!l$ie0s si$eQ

=eo turs !!y #ro' hrist!bel

o physic!lly

o e'otio!lly

o sy'bolic!lly

1ALLE( WORLD8(SC)

"orl$ o# si%

he!rt s or$s s!y thi.s you $o ot 'e!, out o# r!.e p!i

unknowinglybri. eil ho'e (.ood intentions)

'! turs !!y #ro' Bo$, loe, be!uty, truth, Locece, ?!ture

o (especi!lly i !.er, p!i)

the serpet see's the $oe, the $oe see's the serpet

(see 'LA)E)

youth#ul #i.ht/!r.u'et betee =eolie =or$ &ol!$ $e C!u o# ;ryer'!ie ere best #rie$s

h!e0t spoe sice

O =eo pl!s to !e.e Ber!l$ie

o !s $!u.hter o# ol$ #rie$

o to 'e$ #rie$ship ith &ol!$

se$s :!r$ :r!cy to &ol!$ to tell hi'

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o 1) Ber!l$ie #ie !t =!.$!le !stle

o 2) co'e .et her

o 3) L0ll 'eet you \-!y (sy'bolic) !polo.ie


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