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You might think the poet is the main character of this poem - the I of the first line - but it is actually these beautiful flowers that steal the show. Growing everywhere, as far as the poetโs inner eye can see, they flutter and dance, shine and twinkleโฆ Bringing memories of comfort and delight to the poetโs otherwise lonely and isolated existence.
In this monthly instalment of my listening tips, Iโd like to share a few podcasts and radio programmes that have helped me learn more about this wonderful writer and find renewed appreciation for his poetry. I hope you find them interesting and useful!
One of the recognisable marks of the Romantic movement was a special kind of appreciation for nature. I'll illustrate that using one of Coleridgeโs poems titled "To Nature."
In an earlier post about interpreting poetry, I tried to convince my readers of the merits of reading poems and enjoying them as a form of art. There I also presented a six-step approach to interpreting poems that I will be referring to throughout this article, so you might want to have a look at …
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