Response to This Lime Tree Bower my Prison

The conversational tone established by the opening lines effectively conveys the persona~{!/~}s misery and presents the distinction between his friends mobility ~{!0~}they are gone~{!1~} and his own necessary confinement ~{!0~}and here must I remain~{!1~}. Coleridge~{!/~}s sense of loss at having been denied an experience that could broaden his mind and spirit triggers his own imaginative journey to overcome his restriction. Mentally accompanying his friends as they ~{!0~}wander in gladness~{!1~}, the irony of the

His imagination acts only as a catalyst in this transformation as seen from the attitude reversal brought about by the complete journey. Consequently the first location he arrives at still reflects very much his sense of confinement. The dell, though lovely, is in truth no different to the bower he currently occupies, possibly even more confining being ~{!0~}o~{!/~}erwooded, narrow, deep, | And only speckled by the mid-day sun~{!1~}. However, as the journey progresses, this projection of imprisonment gradually builds up into the dramatically defining moment realised in ~{!0~}behold~{!-~} That all at once (a most fantastic sight!)~{!1~}.

title becomes apparent. His imagination has allowed him to rise above his earthbound restrictions, demonstrating that he is captive only in the physical sense which is no restriction

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Coleridge Employing, Charles Lamb, Love Beauty~1~, , lime-tree bower, aware nature,