SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE Flashcards
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What style and metre do Coleridge’s poems often reproduce?
The style and metre of old poetic compositions.
What is the effect of using old poetic forms in Coleridge’s poetry?
They enhance the sense of mystery and exotic atmosphere.
Which three major poems is Coleridge chiefly remembered for?
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Christabel, and Kubla Khan.
What are common features of Coleridge’s major poems?
They contain supernatural elements, mysterious visions, exotic settings, and moral implications.
When and where was Samuel Taylor Coleridge born?
In 1772 in Devon, England.
What subjects did Coleridge study at Christ’s Hospital School?
Hebrew, Greek, Latin, English literature and composition.
What political ideas influenced Coleridge during his university years?
He supported the ideal of freedom but was hesitant about the French Revolution.
What was the Pantisocracy?
A utopian plan by Coleridge and Southey to create a community in Pennsylvania with shared work and rewards.
What was Coleridge’s first published volume of poetry?
Poems on Various Subjects (1796).
What major literary partnership did Coleridge form in 1798?
With William Wordsworth, publishing Lyrical Ballads.
What was Coleridge’s main contribution to Lyrical Ballads?
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
How did Coleridge’s personal life influence his poetry?
He struggled with an unhappy marriage, opium addiction, and emotional instability, which deepened the mystery and intensity of his work.
What philosophical movement influenced Coleridge during his stay in Germany?
German Idealism (Kant, Böhme, Lessing).
What literary work explains the different poetic goals of Coleridge and Wordsworth?
Biographia Literaria (1817).
According to Coleridge, what was his poetic aim in Lyrical Ballads?
To depict supernatural characters and events with human interest and psychological truth.
What concept does Coleridge describe as essential for enjoying poetry with fantastical elements?
The “willing suspension of disbelief.”
