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This article is about the early 19th-century English poet. For the late
19th-century British composer, see Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Coleridge in 1795
Coleridge in 1795
Born 21 October 1772
Ottery St Mary, Devon, Great Britain
Died 25 July 1834 (aged 61)
Highgate, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Occupation Poet, critic, philosopher
Alma mater Jesus College, Cambridge
Literary movement Romanticism
Notable works The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, "Kubla Khan", Christabel
Spouse Sara Fricker
Children Hartley Coleridge
Berkeley Coleridge
Sara Coleridge
Derwent Coleridge
Signature
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (/'ko?l?r?d?/[1]; 21 October 1772 – 25 July 1834)
was an English poet, literary critic, philosopher and theologian who,
with his friend William Wordsworth, was a founder of the Romantic Movement
in England and a member of the Lake Poets. He wrote the poems,
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and "Kubla Khan", as well as the major prose
work Biographia Literaria. His critical work, especially on William Shakespeare,
was highly influential, and he helped introduce German idealist philosophy
to English-speaking culture. Coleridge coined many familiar words and phrases,
including suspension of disbelief. He had a major influence on Ralph Waldo
Emerson and on American transcendentalism.
Robert J. Lindley, 1-29-2019
Rhyme, (Dedication poem to Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
Fourth poet on my poet dedication list..
Fourth poet in my ongoing dedication series.
Note
In my first poem,
I am trying to communicate the darkness in this world.
The immense and magical imagination that Coleridge used
in his famous poem, Rime Of The Ancient Mariner.
As in wisdom imparted to this modern world and poetic
flights taken in dream be one awake or truly asleep.
Deliver a message in a dream tale..
Persuade the reader that we poets must write our dreams be
they of dark or of light and also entertain with our
poetry. I had planned on when presenting this, including an
excerpt from The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner to give at
least part of that to the reader as reference.
I know its not one hundred percent Coleridge but
my goal is to write true poetry , not to mimic the great poets
that I hope to honor in this dedication series.
In my second poem,
I am trying to reveal the precious gifts Nature offers and
how that relief from this dark world is oft a Godsend and
oft creates memories that last a lifetime. Memory gems one
can then summon up, in old age, to soothe a lonely heart,
broken soul or sorrows that come from realizing the end
is nearer now than ever it was before!