1. Samuel Taylor Coleridge's The Eolian Harp
... 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 harp produces as a result of a "desultory breeze" and the music formed when wind more boldly sweep the strings of the harp. To stroke a stringed instrument more boldly, or in other words more ... holding the power of music. The poem succeeds in not only describing how the wind can be the player with a bow across a musical instrument, but directing attenction to the ...
- Word Count: 1430
- Approx Pages: 6
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: Undergraduate