Samuel Taylor Coleridge was one of the most well-known poets from a period known as romanticism; a movement that originated in the late 18th century and stressed strong emotion and imagination. A deepened appreciation of the beauties of nature; a general exaltation of emotion over reason and of the senses over intellect; a turning in upon the self; a new view of the artist as a supremely individual creator, whose creative spirit is more important than strict obedience to formal rules and traditional procedures, and an emphasis upon imagination as a gateway to inspirational experience and…
