ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Themes. The poem makes the anticipation of Coleridge’s marriage to Sara Fricker. In this poem, the poet discusses his engagement and his future marriage. However, the central theme of the poem is not love.

Detailed explanation-2: -Within a traditional reading, Coleridge uses the image of the eolian harp to challenge preconceived notions of God and the environment. He sits outside his English cottage with his wife, Sara Fricker, speaking of God’s role in nature and the world. He wonders if the environment and God operate as the eolian harp does.

Detailed explanation-3: -In terms of religion, The Eolian Harp describes the mind’s desire to seek after the divine. Coleridge’s approach is similar to Ralph Cudworth’s in The True Intellectual System of the Universe.

Detailed explanation-4: -Imagination and the suspension of disbelief In one of the most famous passages in Biographia Literaria, Coleridge offers a theory of creativity (pp. 95-96). He divides imagination into primary and secondary. Primary imagination is common to all humans: it enables us to perceive and make sense of the world.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Transformative Power of the Imagination. Coleridge believed that a strong, active imagination could become a vehicle for transcending unpleasant circumstances. The Interplay of Philosophy, Piety, and Poetry. Nature and the Development of the Individual.