1. Samuel Taylor Coleridge's The Eolian Harp
... bring life to an otherwise abstract concept: the imagination. Coleridge decided to use wind and the Eolian harp as his main portrayal of the mind and the imagination with descriptions of the movement of air, imagery of crossing paths, and God's ability to control wind. Firstly, the poem alludes to wind as being the imagination, and the harp as the mind. "Where the breeze warbles and the mute still Air/ Is Music slumbering on ... about this choice is its other meaning of "gusts of wind", further emphasizing Coleridge's fascination with the idea of wind holding the power of music. The poe...
- Word Count: 1430
- Approx Pages: 6
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: Undergraduate