It was during these first few years of his marriage that Coleridge maintained his closest relationship with friend and fellow poet, William Wordsworth. ... In 1798, the two collaborated on the poetic masterpiece, Lyrical Ballads. ... One of the most highly proclaimed works of Lyrical Ballads was Coleridge's "Rime of the Ancient Mariner." ... In the second printing of Lyrical Ballads, Wordsworth does, however, give Coleridge credit for one stanza in which beautiful images appear (92). ... His collaboration with Wordsworth in Lyrical Ballads would forever change the face of poetry. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Although many great names are associated with Romantic literature, two poets who stand out as immensely influential figures are William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. ... In the Preface of this volume, titled Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems, Wordsworth describes the key elements that constitute Romantic literature, among them the role of the Imagination. ... Thus, an analysis of the relationships between nature and physical sensations, and their roles in the formation and function of imagination in Wordsworths "Tintern Abbey" and Anna Barboulds "A Summer Evenings Meditation," ...

• Word Count: 3484
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Anthropologists have theorized that the first spoken words were made [merely] because of the musical quality or lyrical quality(Sherriffs, Poetry Discussion). ... The lyrical style allowed for the populous of illiterate people to be able to memorize the religious teachings. ... During the 19th century a movement began that ultimately would change the syntax and them of poetry. in his 1802 preface to the Lyrical Ballads, William Wordsworth railed against the artificial poetic diction found in the sonnets and declared his intentions to write "in a selection of language really used by men"(qtd ...

• Word Count: 4095
• Approx Pages: 16
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• Grade Level: High School