Through its biblical imagery, the poem manages to conjure up, at various points, images of the creation, the fall, Christ's agony and crucifixion, man's continuing sinfulness and rebellion, and the continuing presence and quiet work of the holy spirit. ... The language used creates dark and vividly unpleasant imagery with words such as "Crushed, trod, smeared and smudge." ... This creates brighter and more optimistic imagery with words like "freshness, nature, broods, warm and bright." ...

• Word Count: 1415
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The vivid imagery is then intensified as the soul continues, "A soul hung up, as 'twere, in chains of nerves and arteries and veins.' ... "Which, stretcht upright, impales me so" Through the use of religious allusion the composer refers to the image of the crucifixion of Jesus. ... This imagery is followed by the idea that the "soul has made me live to let me dye. ...

• Word Count: 1427
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In an interesting twist on Paine's argument utilizing Aristotle's ideal on poetics, Paine claims that the imagery in the books supposedly written by Prophets is actually poetry. ... He cites the example that the form of the crucifixion itself is "within the limits of probability." ...

• Word Count: 1321
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The most vital line in the storm scene through this "nothing" imagery is spoken by the Fool in order to awaken Lear's thoughts, "I am a fool, thou art nothing." ... Those who see it as Christian see Lear redeemed by the "crucifixion" of his suffering. ...

• Word Count: 1659
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

At face value, the mariner's story seems like utter nonsense, but upon close reading, it becomes apparent that through the mariner's lengthy exposition, Coleridge intends to communicate a certain moral outlook on life in general, as well as his show his concern for slavery, through the use of imagery, descriptions of the supernatural, and references to God. ... It's especially apparent that he'd done wrong by God when the albatross is used as a metaphor for the crucifixion of Jesus: "Instead of the cross, the Albatross About my neck was hung" (II-34). ...

• Word Count: 1986
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate