1. Samuel Taylor Coleridge's The Eolian Harp
... on the strings of an instrument waiting to be expressed, Coleridge's choice of words to explain the wind's boldness also emphasizes how wind is involved with the imagery for the creative mind. He writes, "Boldlier swept, the long sequacious notes" (18) which draws our attention to an irregular grammatical formation: the use of the word "boldlier" rather than the phrase "more boldly". The chosen "boldlier" reinforces the dissimilarity between the "coy" music the ... is a physical representation of imagination's role. His atypical word choice describes the kind of wind necessary for the in...
- Word Count: 1430
- Approx Pages: 6
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: Undergraduate