Coleridge
"Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world," Albert Einstein was once quoted as saying. This particular journey of the mind not only deadens the boredom of existence, but also may lead one on an intellectual discovery. Imaginative journeys always transform us in some way, as it allows us to examine the underlying assumptions of everyday life and to challenge our way of thinking. Journeys of the imagination are a chance for one to broaden their understanding of the world and themselves. This is readily exemplified through the poetic works of S.T. Coleridge, in particular his poems, The Lime Tree Bower My Prison and The Ancient Mariner. Imaginative journeys that have a transforming effect on the responder are further evident in the stimulus booklet article, The Ivory Trail, by Victor Kelleher and Jules Verne's critically acclaimed novel, Journey to the Centre of the Earth. Of Coleridge's poetic work, I will be focusing on two of his contrasting poetry. The first being, The Lime Tree Bower My Prison, which is the sort dealing with the ordinary, everyday events which is shown up in a new light by the poet's imaginative presentation.
They attempt to blow up the obstacle, while sheltering on the raft, but instead carry part of the sea with them down into the bowels of the Earth. They then start rising again; and end up riding a volcanic eruption, which throws them out onto the slopes of Stromboli, Malta. Further we received the impression that there are obstacles to overcome in regards to his/her powers. " This statement might assists the viewer in predicting the novel's attitude to time, in that it shows the continuous nature of time and therefore life. Scientific wonders appear regularly through out this journey, calling for the reader to imagine the unimaginable. This notion is further supported by the use of warm and desert feeling colours, which also paints the picture of deserts, heat and arid terrains and climate. The mood is light-hearted - although hardly optimistic, for it contains tragic, obsessive and sometimes-morbid elements. ' Coleridge employs the language techniques of repetition- 'wide wide,' alliteration-'slowly sink,' assonance and consonance throughout the poem to depict the confining environment of the 'roaring dell,' which in turn is an analogy of his subconscious mind. We meet ancient sea-monsters, forty-foot mushroom forests, perfectly preserved body of a human being amongst remains dating from a past era, living herd of mastodons, together with an equally living 12-foot giant herdsman. Chiasmus, the repeating and reversing of a sentence, for example, 'For the sky and the sea, and the sea and the sky,' is again used to emphasis an idea or image. He wished his friends all the joy they could encounter during their walk, hoping that they would feel in touch with the Almighty when surrounded by nature. The novel's cover is open for interpretation by using one's imagination. The viewer concludes that the novel involves the travelling through time. Coleridge also realises that though he could not go on the walk he could experience it through the powers of his imagination.
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