1. Gothic Literature and Religion
... Brent Robida suggests 'the poem shows how Coleridge views religion as both tool of liberty and trap of superstition'71. This can be considered in the final stanza, 'weave a circle round him thrice'72, and with the oxymoron 'and close your eyes with holy dread'73. Here the poet foretells the narrators fall to superstition, himself unable to bear ... ...
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- Approx Pages: 16
- Grade Level: Undergraduate