This lime tree bower my prison

Question 1

when and who?

Answer 1

1797

Samuel Coleridge

Question 2

what does it demonstrate?

Answer 2

an imaginative journey, which acts as a mechanism to discover new meaning and perspective, changing the persona’s view of life and the world around him, essential for his emancipation

Question 3

what is it about?

Answer 3

portrays Coleridge as an ardent traveler encumbered by his temporarily disabled physical state

Question 4

metaphor?

Answer 4

here I must remain,/this lime-tree bower my prison!”, which also reflects the island setting of a ‘prison-cell’ in the Tempest.
exclamation mark, signifies his negative state of mind at the beginning and magnifies his sense of loss

Question 5

However, he begins to imagine ?

Answer 5

friend’s journey through nature such as “thou glorious Sun!”.

Question 6

After his imaginative journey, Coleridge reaches ?

Answer 6

stage of enlightenment and emancipation where he returns to the lime tree bower with a new perception of his surroundings, as Prospero is due to do when venturing back to Milan.

Question 7

symbolism?

Answer 7

“its black wing now a dim speck, now vanishing in light”.

Question 8

what does symbolism show?

Answer 8

The rook flying away highlights the cleansing of his old self and a birth of a new person, as seen in Prospero when he discovers the true importance of forgiveness and human connection.

Question 9

Although Coleridge has not physically changed, he now ?

Answer 9

sees the world in a different perspective like Prospero.

Question 10

Coleridge achieves emancipation that may not have been possible within the ?

Answer 10

confines of the city, similarly with the isolated setting of the island in The Tempest. The setting and mindset of an individual plays a significant role in determining whether one may achieve self-discovery through introspection