Coleridge seemed to me as a troubled man, even in his early years. Not sure what his place is in life. He changed from one religious affiliation to another. His addiction to opium I'm sure caused problems in his marriage, and his friendship with Wordsworth dwindled.
In his poem "Dejection: An Ode", there is sadness and pain. Is this being written to a woman, or to any one in general?
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Gloria,
Congratulations on having written your 20th post for your blog.
This post, though, like most of the ones in your blog, is hindered by being extremely short and undeveloped, and by containing little analysis of the texts.
Gloria
I have to agree with Dr. Glance that several of your blogs were very short and I feel that I was not able to get much insight from them. In this post you state that Coolridge's poem "Dejection: An Ode" contains sadness and pain. It would have been very beneficial to others if you had pulled quotes to show examples of where the pain and sadness were. Perhaps then you could go further into how reading the lines of sadness and pain made you feel personally. You also ask "is this being written to a woman, or to any one in general?" I believe that if you had answered this question yourself it would have been helpful to others. Would there be a significant difference in the meaning based on whom the poem was written to? If so perhaps you could have used that to expand your post.
I believe that this was a short blog. I did not see were there was much discussion on any of the poems.
I also would have liked to see you discuss a little more so that I could get your take on the poem and how you felt about it.
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