ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -As a poet of the supernatural, Coleridge strictly eschewed crudeness from his writings. He gives supernatural his supernatural the solid base of the dramatic truth of human emotions so that howsoever improbable the events might appear, the authenticity of human experience is never violated.

Detailed explanation-2: -In his poems, Coleridge conveys supernaturalism in a most natural and believable manner, allowing the reader for a willing suspension of disbelief. It is a dream-like quality of his supernatural that makes suspension of disbelief easily possible. In addition to these devices, Coleridge also employs occult forces.

Detailed explanation-3: -According to Coleridge, a poet is a great philosopher. No man can be a poet without philosophic knowledge. But Wordsworth thinks that a poet is affected more than other men by absent things as if they were present. He can share the emotional experiences of others.

Detailed explanation-4: -One of the most influential and controversial figures of the Romantic period, Samuel Taylor Coleridge was born in 1772 the son of a clergyman in Ottery St Mary, Devon. His career as a poet and writer was established after he befriended Wordsworth and together they produced Lyrical Ballads in 1798.