U8 L5 Samuel Taylor Coleridge Flashcards
To whom was Coleridge the son of?
clergyman
Was Coleridge the youngest or eldest of 14 children?
youngest
What College Coleridge attend?
Jesus College
Did Coleridge complete his education in Jesus College? What did he join in 1794?
no, cavalry
When did Coleridge meet Wordsworth?
1795
What aspects of Coleridge enhanced Wordsworth’s creativity?
imagination and admiration of Wordsworth
What aspects of Wordsworth inspired Coleridge to write his most appreciated poetry?
- poetry theories
- nature views
- self discipline
In 1810, what caused Wordsworth and Coleridge’s friendship to end?
quarrel
What addiction did Coleridge go through after the end of his friendship with Wordsworth?
drug addiction
When did Coleridge die?
1834
Is Coleridge’s poetry varied?
yes
Coleridge’s best poetry were in what genres and forms?
- mystery and magic
- blank verse poems and traditional odes
Wordsworth sought to take the ordinary and present them as what?
extraordinary
Coleridge sought to take the extraordinary and illustrate what?
what an ordinary reaction would be
How did Wordsworth and Coleridge differ in the way they worked?
W- disciplined, meditated on subject
C- can’t complete, many unfinished, writes in single sittings, little planning
What are the ‘conversational poems’ Coleridge often wrote?
- combination of descriptive and meditative verse
- speaker reflects on past
- desc specific/precise
Compared to the conversational poems Coleridge wrote, what were Wordsworth’s descriptions like?
general
Coleridge presented his own theories of poetry in what work of literary criticism?
Biographia Literaria
In Biographia Literaria, poems should require the total activity of what?
all mind functions
- sensation
- intellect
- emotion
Both Wordsworth and Coleridge expected the poem to () rather than to analyze
synthesize/assimilate
Was Coleridge a prolific poet?
no
What are 3 poems Coleridge is famous for?
- Kubla Khan
- Christabel
- The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Both Christabel and Rime of Ancient Mariner are written in what form, and what does it deal with?
- ballad
- supernatural
What is Christabel and what is it about?
- medieval tale of witchcraft
- good bs evil personified as Christabel vs Geraldine
What is Rime of Ancient Mariner about?
supernatural punishment of mariner who killed albatross
Who is Kubla Khan?
founder of Mongol dynasty of HCina
What did Coleridge read that inspired Kubla Khan?
Samuel Purcha’s Pilgrimage
What is an epitaph?
inscription on the tomb of dead person
