S.T Coleridge (1772 - 1834)

Samuel Taylor Coleridge 

 - Poet of Romantic Age. He is also called Lake poet alongwith Wordsworth and Southey. 

- Birthplace: Devonshire England. 

- Father's name: John Coleridge. 

- Educated at Christ Hospital and Cambridge University. At Christ Hospital school he met with Charles Lamb

- He met with Wordsworth and Dorothy in 1795. 

- He studied Arabian Nights. 

- Romantic age starts from 1798 and ends in 1837 when Queen Victoria became Queen.

- Romantic age is divided into two generation poets:

First generation poets: Wordsworth, Coleridge, Walter Scott, Robert Southey.

Second generation poets: Lord Byron,

P.B Shelley, John Keats.

- His first volume of poems called "Poems on Various Subjects" was published in 1796.

- He was influenced by Immanuel Kant. And he won Browne Gold Medal for " Ode on Slave Trade".

- Coleridge and Wordsworth tried to create an equal society named as Pantisocracy.

- His literary periodical was called "The Watch man.

- Lyrical Ballads: ( 1798)

 19 poems by Wordsworth, 4 poems by Coleridge. His four poems are

1. The Rime of Ancient Mariner.

2. The Nightangle.

3. Dungeon.

4. The Foster Mother Tale.

- He wrote a famous poem called" Christable".

This poem was long narrative poem written in 2 parts. First part published in 1797. Second part published in 1800.

- Another Poem of Coleridge: "Nightangle".

. Published in 1798.

. This poem represents Coleridge experience and gives idea of Nature.

. In this poem he rejects the idea of Nightangle being a Melancholic bird. He says that "In nature there is nothing melancholic.

- " Frost at Midnight" was another poem:

. Published in 1798.

. In this poem Coleridge thinks of his past bad experiences. And he tries to keep away from those experiences. His tries his Son( Hartley) to be " Child of Nature".

- Facts about his famous poem called " The Rime of Ancient Mariners".

. This poem was written in 1797 but published in 1798. And it was republished in 1817.

. Inspired by Cook's second Voyage of exploration.

. Written in seven parts in Ballad form.

. Theme: Sin and Repentance.