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S.T. Coleridge (LIFE (He became a friend of Wordsworth (He settled in the…
S.T. Coleridge
LIFE
He became a friend of Wordsworth
He settled in the Lake District
He returned to London
He worked as a literary critic
He suffered of rheumatic pain
He died in 1834
He studied Hebrew, Greek and Latin
He studied with scholarships
STYLE
rich, erudite and archaic language
frequent use of sound devices and effects
use of Gothic elements
use of old verse forms (ballads)
supernatural elements
MAIN WORKS
Kubla Khan
probably written under the influence of opium
Christabel
medieval setting
The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner
1798**
THEMES
interest in the medieval past
the poem can be considered a study of guilt, suffering and expiation.
hypnotic atmosphere
a journey into the fantastic and the supenatural
contrast between ordinary experience and sueprnatural events