Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Birth: 1772-10-21 , Ottery St Mary

Death: 1834-07-25 , Londres

Samuel Taylor Coleridge was an English poet, literary critic, and philosopher, one of the founders of the Romantic movement in England. He is best known for his poems "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" and "Kubla Khan".

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Our myriad-minded Shakespeare.

On awaking he . . . instantly and eagerly wrote down the lines that are here preserved. At this moment he was unfortunately called out by a person on business from Porlock.

But oh! that deep romantic chasm which slanted

Reviewers are usually people who would have been poets, historians, biographers, &c., if they could; they have tried their talents at one or the other, and have failed; therefore they turn critics.

Poetry is not the proper antithesis to prose, but to science. Poetry is opposed to science, and prose to metre. The proper and immediate object of science is the acquirement, or communication, of truth; the proper and immediate object of poetry is the communication of immediate pleasure.

Alone, alone, all, all alone,

I pass, like night, from land to land;

The very deep did rot: O Christ!

Her lips were red, her looks were free,

The ice was here, the ice was there,

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge was a seminal figure in English literature, a poet, literary critic, and philosopher who played a crucial role in the development of Romanticism. Born in Ottery St Mary, Devon, in 1772, his poetic work, notably "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" and "Kubla Khan", is celebrated for its vivid imagination and ethereal lyricism. Coleridge was also an influential literary critic, whose ideas on imagination and the relationship between the poet and nature shaped later literary theory. He collaborated with William Wordsworth on the publication "Lyrical Ballads", a landmark of Romanticism. His philosophical and theological reflections, though sometimes obscure, reveal a profound and inquisitive mind. His life was marked by health problems and opium addiction, which affected his productivity and stability. Samuel Taylor Coleridge passed away in 1834, leaving a lasting legacy in poetry and criticism.