Samuel Taylor Coleridge was an English poet, literary critic, and philosopher born in 1772 in Devon, England. He was a leader of romantic poetry in the late 18th century. Coleridge believed that the purpose of poetry was to give pleasure, both from the whole work and its individual parts. He saw poetry as a source of knowledge and felt that a great poet must also be a profound philosopher to truly understand the world and translate it through their work.

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.