Why is most of Coleridge’s best writing unfinished?

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Why is most of Coleridge’s best writing unfinished?

S. T. Coleridge is acknowledged by many as one of the leading poets

and critics within the British Romantic movement. Famous for his

philosophical approaches, Coleridge collaborated with other greats

such as Southey and also Wordsworth, a union famous as being one of

the most creatively significant relationships in English literature.

Wordsworth’s lyrical style can be seen influencing many of Coleridges

works, from 'Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ to the very famous ‘Tintern

Abby’. Both expressed a poetic impression that created a landmark in

English Romanticism.

His work revealed that Coleridge was influenced by the natural and

intrigued by the supernatural, yet the concerns that he expressed

within his works, “anticipating modern existentialism”[1], were

innovative and daring and therefore managed to gain him a notorious

reputation as a visionary. Even Shelley referred to Coleridge as a

"hooded eagle among blinking owls." Yet, many of his best works

remained unfinished.

This may have been a famous tactic, a stamp of individuality on his

part, labelling his works in a way that would be unmistakable to

others. Many poets and writers similarly employed certain features in

their works to ensure a familiarity in style that could be recognised

by many. Wordsworth used simply language and natural images to employ

a self-preservation within his work unmistakably apparent to those who

read it.

Or this could have been a result of the decrease in health that this

amazing poet had begun to encounter at a young age. Some believe that

due to the drug addictions throughout his life and the opium addiction

that he unfortunately developed in his later years due t...

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...edu/editions/cain.html …Introduction, by N. Santilli

- http://www.ipcvision.com.htm … S. T. Coleridge

- http://www1.dogus.edu.pdf … SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE… Asl Tekinay

- http://www.wineontheweb.com/features/xanadu/xanadu.html …. XANADU –

A Report from a Vinous Pleasure Dome

- http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/coleridg.htm … Samuel Taylor Coleridge

(1772-1834)

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1. http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/coleridg.htm Samuel Taylor Coleridge

(1772-1834)

2. http://www.wineontheweb.com/features/xanadu/xanadu.html …. XANADU

– A Report from a Vinous Pleasure Dome

3. http://www1.dogus.edu.pdf … SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE… Asl› Tekinay

4. http://www.ipcvision.com.htm … S. T. Coleridge

5. www.rc.edu/editions/cain.html …Introduction by N. Santilli

6. http://coleridge.thefreelibrary.com

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