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lightly. Whether it be life or death neither is within the understanding of humans. Many authors and writers have written stories pertaining to the natural forces of life found within the forces of good and evil, authors such as Mary Shelley and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. In both the novel Frankenstein and the poem “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” Shelley and Coleridge write fictional tales about humans tinkering with life and the severe consequences caused by their actions. Both writers had a…

Rime of the Ancient Mariner was a revolutionary poem written in seven parts by Samuel Taylor Coleridge published in 1798. The poem was an acute example of Romantic values and Nature was a deep rooted theme throughout the piece.The poem is a tale of a Mariner who was once sailing on his ship when his ship was pushed to the South Pole by a…

Within “Frost at Midnight,” Samuel Coleridge validates the importance of self-reflection through solitude. Coleridge creates a scenic image of the world around the speaker during the time of his solitude. During his time alone, the speaker reflects about his childhood and the aspiration he has for the infant child sleeping in the cottage. The importance of solitude demonstrated in “Frost at Midnight” by the feelings the speaker has, the time intervals from present to past, and the speaker’s…

During the semester, we have encountered many different styles as well as many different views of lyricists throughout the Victorian Era. The views of these authors, beginning with some of the very first poets who had introduced the thought of romanticism during this period, had opened up a broad level of interpretation for many poets to come in time. One of the most commonly known writers of the Victorian Era happens to be a man by the name of William Wodsworth. William Wordsworth happens to be…

“Frost at Midnight!". Would make any human mind wonder. On a cold night, and everyone is sound asleep. I personally myself would enjoy that peaceful moment and let my head go into deep thoughts. I would have a nice cup of cappuccino. I would think about love, how far I have come as well as my past, my childhood, family and so much more. Coleridge couldn’t have chosen a better setting and title for this poem, because I believe that nature is best discovered and embraced at night. A person can get…

The Alexander Hamilton U.S. Customs house is one of New York City’s important historical landmarks. The U.S. Customs House was built in 1902-1907 near the port of New York and its job was to collect customs from imported goods (New York Architecture 2015). Before income tax was being developed in 1916, customs was the greatest source of income for our government (NMAI 2015). “It is located near the southern tip of Manhattan, next to Battery Park (New York Architecture 2015).” The building is…

Stretching across nearly all realms of Romanticism is the idea that individual freedom and experiences incite the imagination. Samuel Taylor Coleridge explicitly expresses this query of thought in his poem “This Lime-Tree Bower My Prison.” In addition to Coleridge, many other members of the Romantic movement also engaged in imagination-centered writing. Conversely, the Enlightenment movement opposed this emphasis on imagination, and instead, the Enlightenment movement valued scientific…

What Has Man Made of Himself? “I read aloud from the eleventh book of Paradise Lost. We were much impressed, and also melted into tears” (Hertz 122). Words from the journal of one Williams Wordsworth’s closest friend, his sister Dorothy; this detail could explain Wordsworth’s admiration of John Milton and why in a time of frustration he would appeal to the spirit of Milton to “return to us again”. In his sonnet London, 1802 Wordsworth calls to his poetic forefather Milton and in his…

John Keats is said to be seen as one of the most “canniest readers, interpreters, and questioners of the “modern” project in poetry, which sought to dwell in the desires and sufferings of the human heart.” His works such as Ode to Melancholy is a worthy example as to how Keats illustrates the relatable feeling of pain, and shines light on the common idea that it is to be hidden and masked with false happiness. In this work he tells us to embrace it, to take it by the hand and let it flow through…

movement began in Germany, and quickly spread to the United States, parts of Europe, and Latin America. The time period centered on the rejection of the Enlightenment, and embracing one’s individuality. One big player in the Romantic Era was Samuel Taylor Coleridge. He was born in seventeen seventy two to a clergyman in England, and is the tenth and youngest child. and is considered one of the founders of the Romantic movement. Coleridge attended Cambridge from seventeen ninety one to…