Samuel Coleridge By: Carley, Katelyn, Lauren, Steven, Maggie, and David

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Samuel Coleridge By Carley, Katelyn, Lauren,
Steven, Maggie, and David
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Life

• Born October 21, 1772
• Ottery St. Mary on the Devon coast of England
• In 1781 after his father died, Coleridge attended
  Christs Hospital School in London
• In 1791, Coleridge entered Jesus College,
  University of Cambridge
• In 1793, Coleridge left college to join the Royal
  Dragoons but his brothers had him discharged
  because of insanity and he reentered Cambridge.

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Life continued

• In 1795, Coleridge married Sarah Fricker. He was
  unhappy and away from her often.
• He planned to form a settlement in Pennsylvania
  with Robert Southey based on their utopian
  political ideas. That plan collapsed.
• He suffered from asthma and rheumatism which
  dulled his creative powers.
• In 1806, he separated from his wife and moved
  near Wordworths. Their friendship shattered 4
  years later because Wordworth thought Coleridge
  was irresponsible.

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Romantic Period

• Coleridge thought that poetry was when real life
  slips into dreams, and facts are reborn as
  fantasies.
• He liked strange and exotic ideas
• He had great insight into the power of
  imagination in literature and life
• Emphasized the idealization of nature and how it
  impacts human joy
• You must be happy to become one with nature

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Famous Pieces

• Published Poems on Various Subjects in 1976
• Published Lyrical Ballads with Wordsworth in 1797
• Wordsworth wanted to write about common people in
  natural settings but Coleridge liked exotic ideas
• His poems set a new style by using everyday
  language and fresh ways of looking at nature.
• The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
• Kubla Khan
• Frost at Midnight
• This Lime-Tree Bower My Prison
• The Eolian Harp