Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem “This Lime-Tree Bower My Prison” is essentially an epistolary meditation that the poet composed after a minor mishap left him unable to joi⋯ Read the full article

In “The Eolian Harp,” Samuel Taylor Coleridge addresses his fiancée (later wife) Sara, portraying the quiet, reflective setting of a countryside cottage overgrown with ja⋯ Read the full article

Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “Dejection: An Ode,” composed in 1802 and revised for publication in 1802 and 1817, stands as a profound reflection on the poet’s deteriorating ⋯ Read the full article

In “Frost at Midnight,” Samuel Taylor Coleridge sits awake in his cottage one still, frost-filled night, contemplating the interplay between external silence and internal⋯ Read the full article

Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “Christabel” is an incomplete Gothic poem composed in two parts, published in 1816, though begun much earlier. Its narrative focuses on the youn⋯ Read the full article

Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “Kubla Khan,” composed in 1797 (though published in 1816), stands as one of the most celebrated examples of Romantic visionary poetry. Coleridge⋯ Read the full article

In Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” an old sailor compels a Wedding-Guest to hear his extraordinary tale of a sea voyage gone tragically awry.⋯ Read the full article

William Wordsworth’s poem “To the Cuckoo” expresses his delighted response to the bird’s call, which resonates through the springtime landscape. The cuckoo’s song trigger⋯ Read the full article

In William Wordsworth’s “To a Skylark,” the speaker addresses a skylark high above, urging it to guide him to the loftier realms of feeling and thought. The poem begins w⋯ Read the full article

In “London, 1802,” William Wordsworth laments the moral stagnation of England, likening it to a “fen of stagnant waters.” Addressing the spirit of John Milton, Wordsworth⋯ Read the full article

William Wordsworth’s “Resolution and Independence” (1807) begins with a serene depiction of morning after a storm, where the poet finds himself full of delight amidst nat⋯ Read the full article

William Wordsworth’s “The Solitary Reaper” recounts a striking scene: a lone Highland girl cutting grain and singing a haunting, unknown melody. The poem underscores the ⋯ Read the full article

In “Three years she grew,” William Wordsworth personifies Nature as a nurturing yet ultimately mysterious force that claims Lucy for itself. The poem narrates how Lucy, i⋯ Read the full article

“A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal,” one of William Wordsworth’s “Lucy Poems,” deals with the sudden realization of Lucy’s mortality. The poem begins with a calm sense of secu⋯ Read the full article

William Wordsworth’s “She Dwelt among the Untrodden Ways” is one of the poet’s famous ‘Lucy Poems.’ It focuses on a solitary figure named Lucy, living in relative obscuri⋯ Read the full article