ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The Eolian Harp is a poem written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 1795 and published in his 1796 poetry collection. It is one of the early conversation poems and discusses Coleridge’s anticipation of a marriage with Sara Fricker along with the pleasure of conjugal love.

Detailed explanation-2: -The eolian harp itself acts to symbolize the bridge between nature and humanity, as it requires the role of nature to play music. The harp is placed in an open window to await the wind, music being played when the breeze strums its Page 4 Echternach 3 chords.

Detailed explanation-3: -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. The poem focuses on the image of the “Eolian Harp”, and how it represents both the order and the wildness found in nature.

Detailed explanation-4: -Aeolian harp, (from Aeolus, the Greek god of the winds), a type of box zither on which sounds are produced by the movement of wind over its strings. It is made of a wooden sound box about 1 metre by 13 cm by 8 cm (3 feet by 5 inches by 3 inches) that is loosely strung with 10 or 12 gut strings.

Detailed explanation-5: -Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth The two became immediate friends. Upon meeting Wordsworth, Coleridge decided to move to Grasmere to be in close proximity to his fellow poet. During this time, Wordsworth and Coleridge greatly influenced, criticized and inspired eachother’s poetry.