Coleridge's+poems+at+a+glance


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**Themes **

 * God in nature (Pantheism)
 * Deeper understanding of the self through meditation and contemplation of the sublime
 * Carpe Diem (seize the day), that is, living life to the full
 * Contempt for or condescension towards urban life

**Style**

 * Conversational, use of personal language, caesura.
 * Lyrical
 * Cyclical narrative

**Form**

 * Blank verse
 * Open rhyme scheme
 * Rhythm created by deliberate placement of words and syllables

**Techniques**
Aural: Structural Imagery
 * Onomatopoeia
 * Rhythm/Pace
 * Sibillance
 * Assonance
 * Plosives
 * Alliteration
 * Rhyme
 * Tone
 * Elision
 * Stress/Meter
 * Modality
 * Repetition
 * Hyperbole
 * Oxymoron
 * Juxtaposition
 * Cyclical narrative
 * Metonymy
 * Framing devices
 * Changes in tense: flashbacks/flashforwards
 * Metaphor
 * Similie
 * Personification
 * Symbolism
 * Synesthesia
 * Types of imagery: aural, visual, tactile, gustatory, oflactory