Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote much during the Romantic period in literature, and he used naturalistic elements in his writing. Coleridge uses a naturalistic style of writing in many of his poems, especially in “Kubla Khan” and in “The Eolian Harp”. Coleridge seems to often escape reality with his beautiful, naturalistic descriptions of a lands far away, and often times describes a man who longs for those far away lands and the treasures within them.
Coleridge, in regard to his use of naturalism in the Romantic literature period, would often times depart from reality - the scientific reality in which humans exist. He focused more on the persona of a character and how that character related to objects and situations which surround him (Campbell, …show more content…
He writes, “And all who heard should see them there, and all should cry, Beware! Beware! His flashing eyes, his floating hair!”(Coleridge, 2015). The poem is sucking the reader back into a fear like state, where there is some kind of monster out in the distance, but near enough to the floating dome. Coleridge writes to “close your eyes with holy dread” when he refers to the thing that is circling the dome of ice, and writes of the dangerous creature feeding on the milk of paradise. Perhaps Coleridge was referring to the human spirits ups and downs, or of life’s ups and downs in general.
In another equally entertaining poem by Coleridge, called “The Eolian Harp”, the author again uses naturalistic elements to express the beauty of nature and the dealings of the human soul: he does an extremely well job at setting up imagery in the reader’s mind, and by using these images, can convey strong emotional feelings.
In the first stanza of the poem, Coleridge writes of sitting beside a cot overgrown with white-flowered jasmine and myrtle with his love Sara. The tone of the poem is calm, happy, and has an air of being lazily, comfortably in love. He writes of the sweet smelling nearby bean field, and of how the “world [is] so hushed!” (Coleridge, 2006). Coleridge mentions the distant quiet sea at the end of the verse, as if to set the tone for the coming
Coleridge, in regard to his use of naturalism in the Romantic literature period, would often times depart from reality - the scientific reality in which humans exist. He focused more on the persona of a character and how that character related to objects and situations which surround him (Campbell, …show more content…
He writes, “And all who heard should see them there, and all should cry, Beware! Beware! His flashing eyes, his floating hair!”(Coleridge, 2015). The poem is sucking the reader back into a fear like state, where there is some kind of monster out in the distance, but near enough to the floating dome. Coleridge writes to “close your eyes with holy dread” when he refers to the thing that is circling the dome of ice, and writes of the dangerous creature feeding on the milk of paradise. Perhaps Coleridge was referring to the human spirits ups and downs, or of life’s ups and downs in general.
In another equally entertaining poem by Coleridge, called “The Eolian Harp”, the author again uses naturalistic elements to express the beauty of nature and the dealings of the human soul: he does an extremely well job at setting up imagery in the reader’s mind, and by using these images, can convey strong emotional feelings.
In the first stanza of the poem, Coleridge writes of sitting beside a cot overgrown with white-flowered jasmine and myrtle with his love Sara. The tone of the poem is calm, happy, and has an air of being lazily, comfortably in love. He writes of the sweet smelling nearby bean field, and of how the “world [is] so hushed!” (Coleridge, 2006). Coleridge mentions the distant quiet sea at the end of the verse, as if to set the tone for the coming