Samuel Taylor coleridge view about poetry

1. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
(21 October 1772 – 25 July
1834)
Topic:- Samuel Taylor
coleridge view about poetry

2. S.T Coleridge
 Coleridge was born on 21 October 1772
 In the country town of lottery St Mary, Devon England.
 Reverend John called ridge 1780 to 1781
 College suggest that he took no pleasure in boys
sports
 Samuel Taylor coleridge was in English poet literary
critic and philosopher
 He was the leader of romantic poetry
 He Used opium of inspirations.
 After John call rates died in 1780 18 year old Samuel
goes send of chief hospital

3.  During the 18th century catchphrase of
literature and art was reason
 but the 19th century was Heralded by
Major shift in the concepting and
emphasis of Literary art specifically
poetry

4. Subject matter
 The most important characteristic of his literary
text he used supernatural element visionary
element in his poem.
 Supernatural element extraordinary and mysterious
that can be found in human nature
 nature is not the only subject matter, he also talk
about psychology of character.

5. Language
 The best part of human language is Derived from
reflections on the act of the mind itself. it is formed by a
voluntary appropriate on of fixed symbol to internal act
to processes and result of imagination, the greater part of
which no place in the consciousness of un- education
man.
 The language of poetry undoubtly comes from
imagiNations , the way, poet perceive the world and
translated it for everyone.

6. Purpose of poetry
The purpose of poetry is to give pleasure
and this pleasure is from Whole part and
from each component part
If you read a novel , you take pleasure from
the whole part.
If you read a poem you take pleasure from
the each part.

7. Poetry
Coleridge read sees the poetry as a
source of knowledge
The poem must be cohesive unit with
every part working together to build
into a whole
Philosophy was so important because
it was the sum of all knowledge.

8. Poet
No man was ever yet a great poet, without at
the something being a profound philosopher”.
Hi valued scientific thinking is a branch of
philosophy. According to him if a person is a
poet he should also be a philosopher otherwise
he is not poet.
The poet must be educated person who
possess poetic genious.