Samuel Taylor Coleridge

During the nineteenth century, Romanticism, a cultural, artistic, and intellectual movement, grew to a point in which many people were influenced by the characteristics of this era. Characteristics that can be defined with intense feeling and emotional expression. It held shared values of both reasoning, self-intuition, and human emotion, which provided an alternative to the views held by the Enlightenment movement: Order, clarity, and rational restraint. Being just as important to logic,…

The story of Beetlejuice is a gothic, abnormally riveting tale that includes a number of bizarre characters. However, one of the most important characters in the story, which acts as the driving force for the storyline, is possibly the most underestimated. Lydia Deetz is a significant catalyst in the progression and movement within Beetlejuice because of her courage and unorthodox nature. Within the story of Beetlejuice lies a structural pattern called a romance narrative circle, albeit an…

Nature’s Role In the “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” Samuel Coleridge uses very elaborate diction to imply the role nature plays in the lives of men and women. In this poem Coleridge relates these two elements using symbolism and subtle references allowing readers to connect more deeply with the text. In this poem the Mariner commits an awful crime by killing the Albatross that saved him from the storm. Then nature chooses to avenge the Albatross’ death by punishing the Mariner. At first, the…

When it comes to art made from glass no one stands out more than Dale Chihuly. His art stands out for not only the dazzling design, but also for the aura that it emits. Several people have attempted to describe his work however few have succeeded in their endeavor. For this paper, I am going to look at Linda Norden’s description of Chihuly’s work, a video interview of Chihuly, as well as an article from Clement Greenberg for comparison. From these, one prominent writer, Linda Norden, evaluated…

Lord Byron How does Bryon’s poetry represent the romantic movement? Lord Byron also know as George Gordon poetry was a different type of romanticism. Lord Bryon created characters that were melancholy, defiant, and with a secret guilt which made his readers want more of his visual pictures That’s what makes him such a brilliant writer because he changed the style of writing for Romanticism; he also inspired his predecessors such as John Keats to follow a similar style. Romanticism was more…

“There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, there is a rapture on the lonely shore, there is society, where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar I love not man the less, but nature more.” This quote by George Gordon Byron depicts how beautiful nature is and how much he loves and admires it. Unfortunately, nature has become less respected as years have passed. Early authors of the Puritan and Romantic Era, with works including “To My Dear and Loving Husband,” by Anne Bradstreet;…

Written on the slopes of Black Mountains in Wales, “Wales Visitation” readily captures the vastness and grandness of nature through enhanced lenses. Allen Ginsberg wrote the first draft of the poem under the influence of LSD, which contributes greatly to the unique imagery that persists throughout the entire poem. Ginsberg hones in on the details of the environment around him—rather than the minutiae of his psychedelic experience—with heightened senses and extreme focus. By concentrating on the…

Music is an important activity in most people’s lives, so why not write about it? There are many themes prevalent throughout all of Walt Whitman’s poetry. Nature is a large theme, as is unity, music, and the soul. Walt Whitman even tries to connect all of these themes together at some point or another. Whitman’s unique ideology of unification allows his easy access to unify people, topics, and ideas. “Proud Music of the Storm” is a good example of Whitman’s works. In this poem, there are…

Pay attention to how the flowers sway back and forth as the wind dances through open fields, take note of the animals running about in their home. The sounds the birds make may be music to one’s ears, and the smell of nature may allow the feeling of relaxation to take over one’s body. With the sounds, smells, and sights of nature all around, in the moment of letting nature settle into the mind, everything in the world may become at peace. When a relationship is opened up with nature, one could…

Edgar Allan Poe and Walt Whitman are both known as literary figure heads of their time, though despite being born only 10 years apart, found themselves in separate eras of literary writing. Poe known for Romanticism, and Whitman known for Transcendentalism leading into Realism. While their writings held similarities such as reverence for nature and the individual, Poe focused more on an escapism world for his readers rather than Whitman, who focused on the details of everyday and urban life.…