Close critical analysis of Coleridges Frost at Midnight...

Frost at Midnight is generally regarded as the greatest of Samuel Taylor Coleridges Conversation Poems and is said to have influenced Wordsworths pivotal work, Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey. It is therefore apposite to analyse Frost at Midnight with a view to revealing how the key concerns of Romanticism were communicated through the poem. The Romantic period in English literature ran from around 1785, following the death of the eminent neo-classical writer Samuel Johnson, to the ascension of Queen Victoria to the throne in 1837. However, in the years spanning this period writers were not identified as exponents of a recognised literary movement. It was only later that literary historians created and applied†¦show more content†¦Comprising four stanzas of varying length, it is written in blank verse and adopts a conversational tone. The flexibility of the meter complements the spontaneous, impulsive nature of a poem containing both personal reflection and joyous visions, and further illustrates Abramss claim that Romantic poetry should be an effortless expression rather than an arduous exercise. As an account of the speakers present, past, and future circumstances, George Dekker has argued that the poem utilises a typically Romantic structure: The persona digresses from a carefully established scene to a former time and contrasting situation, then back to the present before moving into the future vision of prayer. (Dekker, 1978, p. 235) By its use of such a structure Frost at Midnight also illustrates Abramss observation that Romantic poetry should be less an imitation of nature than a representation of the poets internal emotions. Contrary to the neo-classical emphasis on observation and objective knowledge, the speaker of Frost at Midnight uses nature as the stimulus to turn inward. His perceptions transport him on a journey through memory and imagination and ultimately to a moment of personal insight. In Frost at Midnight, Coleridge highlights the Romantic conviction that the poets role is not to hold a mirror up to nature but to use the fountains of memories and feelings which nature evokes to create something valuable andShow MoreRelatedClose Critical Analysis of Coleridges Frost at Midnight1716 Words   |  7 PagesFrost at Midnight is generally regarded as the greatest of Samuel Taylor Coleridges Conversation Poems and is said to have influenced Wordsworths pivotal work, Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tint ern Abbey. It is therefore apposite to analyse Frost at Midnight with a view to revealing how the key concerns of Romanticism were communicated through the poem. 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