Coleridge: Key quotes and meanings

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  • Created on: 12-11-20 12:01
Dejection has been re-drafted many times from it's original version, much like Coleridge other poems. This has lead to...
Many different interpretations of the poems main theme and message.
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How does Coleridge set up the start of The Rime of the Ancient Marinar?
The Mariner withdraws a guest from a wedding to tell him cautionary tale
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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Being withdrawn from joyful situation to be educated about a somber tale reflects the message of the poem
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Why is the quote "With my crossbow/ I shot the albatross" So impactful?
The lack of information between the two lines suggests that the Mariner had no reason to kill such an innocent creature
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Which quote is from Frost at Midnight...?
Fixed with Mock study on my swimming book, Save if the door half-opened, I catch a hasty glance , and still my heart leaped
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Which quote belongs to The Aeolian Harp
At once soul of each, God of all?
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Which quote belongs to Kubla Kahn
The honey drew hath fed, drunk off the milk of paradise
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Which quote belongs to Frost at Midnight
So sweetly they stirred and haunted me with wild pleasure
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When Coleridge writes "So sweetly they stirred and haunted me with wild pleasure" What he is talking about
The old church Bells
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At the end of Frost at Midnight, what conclusion does Coleridge come to?
But thou, my bade! shalt wonder like a by lakes and sandy shores breeze
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What popularized romanticism during the 18th century?
While the vast majority was fascinated about economic progression, romanticist favored self-enlightenment through connection with nature
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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.
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At once the Soul of each, _______
And God of all?
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How does Coleridge set up the start of The Rime of the Ancient Marinar?

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The Mariner withdraws a guest from a wedding to tell him cautionary tale

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Why does Rime of the Ancient start the way it does?

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Why is the quote "With my crossbow/ I shot the albatross" So impactful?

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Which quote is from Frost at Midnight...?

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For the question about religious penance, I should note that fasting and starvation appears in the Islam religion, no the Christian religion.

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