Assignment : Paper - 3 : Coleridge views on Poem and Prose
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Name : Parmar Krupa Jivabhai
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M.A.Sem - 1
Year : 2017-19
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Paper No : 3
Submitted To : Department of English Bhavnagar
Topic : Coleridge views on poem and prose
~ Introduction Coleridge ~
Samuel Taylor Coleridge was born in 1772 and died in 1834. He was a great Poet as well as a great critic. He was genius. He could work only by fits and starts with the result that the ancient mariner is the only complete work left behind him. His long poem '' Kublakhan '' is the best example of his imaginative in complete piece of work. His poem synthesis poet’s emotion feeling. Coleridge is more musical than Wordsworth. In his poem include Imagination is very important for Coleridge , poem is synthetic and magical power. The difference is between the combination of those elements and objects.
The work of Coleridge’s criticism are ……
(i) Biographia Literaria
(ii) Lectures on Shakespeare
and other poets. He was influenced by many contemporary writers of his Age. The influences which were most potent in shaping the views and theories of Coleridge are
(i) Wordsworth
(ii) Hartley and his group
(iii) Lessing, Kant, Hegel, Shelling, Schiller etc of German Origin.
The work of Coleridge’s criticism are ……
(i) Biographia Literaria
(ii) Lectures on Shakespeare
and other poets. He was influenced by many contemporary writers of his Age. The influences which were most potent in shaping the views and theories of Coleridge are
(i) Wordsworth
(ii) Hartley and his group
(iii) Lessing, Kant, Hegel, Shelling, Schiller etc of German Origin.
~ Coleridge definition of poem ~
Coleridge points out that “poetry of the highest kind may exist without metre and even without the contradistinguishing objects of a poem”. He gives example of the writings of Plato, Jeremy Taylor and Bible. The quality of the prose in this writings is equal to that of high poetry. He also asserts that the poem of any length neither can be, nor ought to be, all poetry. Then the question is what is poetry? How is it different from poem? To quote Coleridge: “What is poetry? is so nearly the same question with, what is a poem? The answer to the one is involved in the solution of the other.
Coleridge points out that “poetry of the highest kind may exist without metre and even without the contradistinguishing objects of a poem”. He gives example of the writings of Plato, Jeremy Taylor and Bible. The quality of the prose in this writings is equal to that of high poetry. He also asserts that the poem of any length neither can be, nor ought to be, all poetry. Then the question is what is poetry? How is it different from poem? To quote Coleridge: “What is poetry? is so nearly the same question with, what is a poem? The answer to the one is involved in the solution of the other.
“This distinction between ‘poetry’ and ‘poem’ is not clear,
and instead of defining poetry he proceeds to describe a poet,
and from the poet he proceeds to enumerate the characteristics
of the imagination”.
and instead of defining poetry he proceeds to describe a poet,
and from the poet he proceeds to enumerate the characteristics
of the imagination”.
~ Coleridge views on poem and prose ~
his work Biographia Literaria is a great literary work, it has occupied a permanent position in the whole range of English literary criticism, and the critic discusses many important points form that. He has drawn some striking difference between poem and poetry. However, at the end of it we are not absolutely sure about the exact remarking between poem and poetry in its essence they are supposed to be the same. Coleridge says that a poem contains the elements as a prose composition. Both of them use words so there is no difference between a poem and a prose composition, in this respect Coleridge says-“ a poem contains the same elements as a prose composition” but one difference is to be noticed here that metre or rhyme both is used in the poem and they are not used in prose composition.
He also believes that metre to be useful and necessary for writing poetry, he refers to Plato, Burnet, Jeremy who wrote without metre. Coleridge believes that rhyme and metre are essential in order to memorize what is written and to develop a certain kind of attachment to it by getting the feeling of the words through a particular rhyme or rhythm.
Coleridge distinguishes a poem from in his ‘Biographia Literaria’ by saying that poetry is a wider than a poem poetry is an activity of poet’s min but a poem is merely one of the form of expression. Poetic creativity is basically an activity of imagination he identifies imagination with the soul of poetry
Coleridge begins with emphasize on the difference between prose and poetry. "A poem contains the same elements as a prose composition". Both use words. The difference between a poem and a prose composition cannot, then, lie in the medium, words. It must, therefore "consists in a different combination of them, in consequence of them, in consequence of a different object being proposed. "A poem combines words differently, because it is sacking to do something different. It one wants to give the name of poem to a composition of this kind, there is no reason why one should not. But we should note that though such rhyming tags have the charm of meter and rhyme, meter and rhyme have been 'superadded'. 'Superadded' is a term of Nordsworth ironically used by Coleridge.
Coleridge was also known to many English readers as a talented prose writer, especially as the author of the Biographia Literaria (1817), a literary autobiography; The Friend (1809- 1810), a collection of essays; and Aids to Reflection (1825), a series of aphorisms on religious faith. Coleridge's extraordinary talents were soon noticed by his teachers, who encouraged his reading of classical texts and promoted him to the elite class of "Grecians" destined for the university.
The poem contains the same elements as a prose composition. But the difference is between the combination of those elements and objects aimed at in both the composition. The conception on the matters and situation take place in the creational way to drown in hierarchy that can better impact in humans mind. We see that a poem contains the same elements as a prose composition; the difference therefore must consist in a different combination of them, in consequence of a different object proposed. Prose writings and its immediate purpose and ultimate end. In scientific and historical composition, the immediate purpose is to convey the truth facts. In the prose works of other kinds romances and novels, to give pleasure in the immediate purpose and the ultimate end may be to give truth.
The creation on purpose that mixture in what to say that convey in the prose and poem it’s a simple way that can make magical thought, imagination and muse. He determines that “Would then the mere super addition of metre, with or without rhyme, entitle these to the name of poems?” To this Coleridge replies that if metre is super added the other parts of the composition also must harmonise with it. In order to deserve the name poem each part of the composition, including metre, rhyme, diction and theme must harmonise with the wholeness of the composition. Well, in prose the things are uncertain to say but by the derived the nature to tale that can be prepare in such order.
Coleridge’s goal is to;
He also believes that metre to be useful and necessary for writing poetry, he refers to Plato, Burnet, Jeremy who wrote without metre. Coleridge believes that rhyme and metre are essential in order to memorize what is written and to develop a certain kind of attachment to it by getting the feeling of the words through a particular rhyme or rhythm.
Coleridge distinguishes a poem from in his ‘Biographia Literaria’ by saying that poetry is a wider than a poem poetry is an activity of poet’s min but a poem is merely one of the form of expression. Poetic creativity is basically an activity of imagination he identifies imagination with the soul of poetry
Coleridge begins with emphasize on the difference between prose and poetry. "A poem contains the same elements as a prose composition". Both use words. The difference between a poem and a prose composition cannot, then, lie in the medium, words. It must, therefore "consists in a different combination of them, in consequence of them, in consequence of a different object being proposed. "A poem combines words differently, because it is sacking to do something different. It one wants to give the name of poem to a composition of this kind, there is no reason why one should not. But we should note that though such rhyming tags have the charm of meter and rhyme, meter and rhyme have been 'superadded'. 'Superadded' is a term of Nordsworth ironically used by Coleridge.
Coleridge was also known to many English readers as a talented prose writer, especially as the author of the Biographia Literaria (1817), a literary autobiography; The Friend (1809- 1810), a collection of essays; and Aids to Reflection (1825), a series of aphorisms on religious faith. Coleridge's extraordinary talents were soon noticed by his teachers, who encouraged his reading of classical texts and promoted him to the elite class of "Grecians" destined for the university.
The poem contains the same elements as a prose composition. But the difference is between the combination of those elements and objects aimed at in both the composition. The conception on the matters and situation take place in the creational way to drown in hierarchy that can better impact in humans mind. We see that a poem contains the same elements as a prose composition; the difference therefore must consist in a different combination of them, in consequence of a different object proposed. Prose writings and its immediate purpose and ultimate end. In scientific and historical composition, the immediate purpose is to convey the truth facts. In the prose works of other kinds romances and novels, to give pleasure in the immediate purpose and the ultimate end may be to give truth.
The creation on purpose that mixture in what to say that convey in the prose and poem it’s a simple way that can make magical thought, imagination and muse. He determines that “Would then the mere super addition of metre, with or without rhyme, entitle these to the name of poems?” To this Coleridge replies that if metre is super added the other parts of the composition also must harmonise with it. In order to deserve the name poem each part of the composition, including metre, rhyme, diction and theme must harmonise with the wholeness of the composition. Well, in prose the things are uncertain to say but by the derived the nature to tale that can be prepare in such order.
Coleridge’s goal is to;
“discover what the qualities in a poem are, which may be deemed promises and specific symptoms of poetic power, as distinguished from general talent determined to poetic composition by accidental motives, by an act of the will, rather than by the inspiration of a genial and productive nature”
Words both in prose and poetry may be the same but their arrangement is different. This difference arises from the fact that the poetry uses metre and metre requires a different arrangement of words. Metre is not a mere superficial decoration, but an essential organic part of a poem. Even the metaphors and similes used by a poet are different in quality and frequency from prose. Hence there is bound to be an ‘essential’ difference between the arrangement of words of poetry and prose. There is this difference even in those poems of Wordsworth’s which are considered most Wordsworthian.
Words both in prose and poetry may be the same but their arrangement is different. This difference arises from the fact that the poetry uses metre and metre requires a different arrangement of words. Metre is not a mere superficial decoration, but an essential organic part of a poem. Even the metaphors and similes used by a poet are different in quality and frequency from prose. Hence there is bound to be an ‘essential’ difference between the arrangement of words of poetry and prose. There is this difference even in those poems of Wordsworth’s which are considered most Wordsworthian.
~ Prose and Poetry Differentiated ~
He begins by emphasising the difference between prose and poetry. "A poem contains the same elements as a prose composition." Both use words. The difference between a poem and a prose; composition cannot, then, lie in the medium, for each employs the same medium, words. It must, therefore, “consists in a different combination of them, in consequence of a different object being proposed.” A poem combines words differently, because it is seeking to do something different, “Of course, all it may be seeking to do may be to facilitate memory. You may take a piece of prose and cast it into rhymed and metrical form in order to remember it better.” And rhyming tags of that kind, with their recurring, “sounds and quantities”, yield a particular pleasure too, though not of a very high order. If one wants to give the name of poem to a composition of this kind, there is no reason why one should not. "But we should note that, though such rhyming tags have the charm of metre and rhyme, metre and rhyme have been ‘superadded’ (Coleridge is ironically using Wordsworth’s term); they do not arise from the nature of the content, but have been imposed on it in order to make it more easily memorized."
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