[(The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Kubla Khan, Christabel, and the Conversation Poems)] [Author: Samuel Taylor Coleridge] published on

by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Collected together in this collection are the most famous of all the poems written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. This includes the The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Kubla Khan, Christabel, The Eolian Harp, Reflections on having left a Place of Retirement, This Lime-Tree Bower My Prison, Frost at Midnight, Fears in Solitude, The Nightingale, An Ode, The Pains of Sleep, and To William Wordsworth. Written between 1795 and 1807 these poems represent the best of Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

Genres: Poetry, Fiction, Classics

Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 2011

About the author

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) was an English poet, critic, and philosopher who was, along with his friend William Wordsworth, one of the founders of the Romantic Movement in England and one of the Lake Poets. He is probably best known for his poems The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla Khan, as well as his major prose work Biographia Literaria.

Reviews

[eleanor · Rating 4 out of 5]

the range of works included was👌 coleridge’s imagery never disappoints 👌

[Annabell · Rating 3 out of 5]

I had to read this book for a class and considering, I actually really enjoyed it. It was a nice short story with a great meaning and beautiful poetry.

[Cindy · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,
Frost at Midnight,
The Nightingale,
were my favorites.

[Bruce · Rating 5 out of 5]

Coleridge's poetry flows over my being like warm sun tea on a sore throat. His choice of words and his phrases never cause me to pause or reread because I thought I may have missed something. My face automatically smiles as I read his verse! Kuala Khan takes my breath away.

[Stephen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Coleridge's imagination is difficult because it is at once expansive and constrained. His images are vivid realizations, but they are almost always brought down by moralizing sentiments that overdetermine his voice. A notable exception is The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, in which the need to moralize or attribute undue cause amid the reality of suffering is itself the theme of the poem. Here the images are actually sharpened and actualized to unbearable clarity by the moralizing tone which is itself the symptom of delusion. The lines retain their vigour, and aren't dragged into cerebral vagueness like many parts of the Conversation Poems. Kubla Khan is another interesting case, being perhaps the furthest foray into the depths of imagination after Milton and before Rimbaud. It dramatizes an unendurable longing for paradise that haunts and sears the mind's eye. It is the patient hope of earthly salvation met with the rage of impotence, pent-up and maddened to imagistic frenzy. There is little doubt that Coleridge suffered the most of the major romantics; consequently he is the most unhinged and, lacking negative capability, the least in control of his powers.

[Em · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some classic poetry, I decided that if I was going to try Coleridge I should stick to the most famous ones!

It's hard for me to write about poetry without sounding like an A Level student so I shall just say that there is something about The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla Khan which transports me, imaginative and atmospheric.