... of an owl. An owl, being a creature of the night, is a true symbol of a herald of death (May 3). Coleridge is describing night, obviously, but through symbol an omen is foreshadowed. Another romantic aspect includes "my lady- in line 13, which can be equivalent to "milady-, a medieval civility (May 3). According to Coleridge himself, "For this is the true definition of ... symbol, as distinguished from the thing, on the one hand, and from a mere metaphor, or conventional exponent of a thing, on the other."" (Barfield, 156-157). Religious apprehension is consistent in the ... he had grea...

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