1. Dejection has been re-drafted many times from it's original version, much like Coleridge other poems. This has lead to...
The poem addresses several themes
Many different interpretations of the poems main theme and message.
Many ideas and set-ups are introduced but are never really addressed
The poem was never actually finished
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2. Why does Rime of the Ancient start the way it does?
Being withdrawn from joyful situation to be educated about a somber tale reflects the message of the poem
The joyful start of the poem juxtapose to the dismal majority creates a sense of tonal whiplash. this interests the reader
It shows how unpredictable and unbias the forces of nature can be
3. When Coleridge writes "So sweetly they stirred and haunted me with wild pleasure" What he is talking about
The smoothing sounds and sensations he heard in a dream
The old church Bells
The gentle waves of the sea
The Aeolian lute
4. Which of these is not a form of ancient, self imposed religious punishment's
Unhealthily spending so much time praying for forgiveness from God in complete supplication
Wandering from land to land without food or money to act penance
Starving one's self of water so he may better appreciate God's gifts
To Catholically confess your sins and receive absoltotion
5. In Which poem fully encapsulates Coleridge's Views about the Christian God
In the Aeolian Harp, Coleridge describes his lover's traditional beliefs as inconceivable.
"At one the soul of each, God of all" Instead of finding God in a church or a Cathedral, Coleridge tries to find the Christian lord and Jesus in nature with all it's beauty.
In Rime, Coleridge includes supernatural spirits with paranormal abilities suggesting he's much more superstitious than religious
"Eternal strength and wisdom there are" He believes in omnipresent forces just not exactly the traditional version of God
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