With the use of metaphor, personification and first person narrative Coleridge is able to delve into the wonder of nature by keeping "the heart awake to Love and Beauty." Coleridge describes an imaginative journey and then pauses to reflect upon it, analyse it and admire the revelation it inspired. The first movement of the poem contains a tone of desolation, loneliness and jealousy. Coleridge then embarks upon an imaginative journey that elevates him such that when he returns to his "prison" he has a renewed sense of wonder. He is left in a meditative and content state that is acutely aware of the beauty of the tangible, everyday world. The metaphorical "prison" of the bower is transformed into a place "that has soothed me", a place of "deep radiance" where "dark branches gleam". The composer holds nature in high regard and has personified it's qualities by addressing it in person; "ye purple heath-flowers! richlier burn, ye clouds! Live in the yellow light, ye distant groves". This personification has embodied nature as the face of god. Through using first person narrative the composer portrays that this is a personal experience, and is able to pause and reflect on his experience with the revelation that "I shall know that nature ne"er deserts the wise and pure". This Lime Tree Bower My Prison demonstrates that by journeying into the imagination we can escape living in a dull and colourless world. That such fleeting imaginary experiences can provide us insight that is deeply touching and permanent in nature. We can escape imprisonment and routine; keeping "our hearts awake to Love and Beauty.".
S.T Coleridge uses language to engage the senses of the reader. He uses such language features as simile and metaphor to engage us visually and assonance and onomatopoeia to engage us aurally. By doing so he wishes to transport us on his many journeys such that we ask ourselves the same big questions that were asked by his characters.