Coleridge also writes about God, spirits, and curses in this poem. ... Later in the poem, all of the shipmates drop dead (Coleridge 8). ... Coleridge shows that all should appreciate nature and not damage what surrounds them. ... Keats realizes that the characters on the urn are in harmonious happiness because they are frozen in time and are always anticipating something. ... Coleridge feels that nature is sacred and no one should damage it. ...

• Word Count: 918
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Samuel Coleridge presents a narrative style text in Kubla Khan with a birth, life and death theme with each it's own stanza. ... "The gardens bright with sinuous rills" and "sunny spots of greenery" was well as "forests as ancient as the hills" shows Coleridge's and most of the Romantic Poets love if the natural environment. ... An oppostitional reading to the poem Kubla Khan is that it was not so much an authentic emotive and imaginative poem, but more the drug-induced ravings of Samuel Coleridge, who one day drifted into a fantasy that was Xanadu. ... An alternative or oppo...

• Word Count: 2284
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

Factual symbol for Coleridge is sacramental (Barth, Symbolic, 13). ... Coleridge was partial to women's rights. ... Other reviewers find the religiousness of Coleridge evident, such as R.L. ... Paul Youngquist feels that Coleridge takes imagination as a divine agent. ... Indirectly, the main characters relate to God as well, as characters of God. ...

• Word Count: 2551
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School