Two Conversation and Imagination Poems by Coleridge

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This paper discusses the differences between Samuel Taylor Coleridge's two poems: "Frost at Midnight," and "Pains of Sleep." These two poems are of different themes and forms and yet exhibit the creativeness found in Coleridge's works. The author also explains how Coleridge was also a literary critic who defined the category of conversation and imagination poems.

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""Pains of Sleep" is another literary work from Coleridge, and it was written in 1803. Contrary to the melancholy tone yet positive outlook of the poet's behavior in "Frost at Midnight," "Pains of Sleep" shows the agony experienced by the poet in his struggle to overcome his opium addiction and its after-effect. The poem discusses Coleridge's fear of sleep, and of dreaming. It is evident in the poem's anguished tone that it Coleridge describes his agony in descriptive detail. "Pains of Sleep" is categorized as an example of an imagination poem, a poem that contains brilliant imagery and supernatural elements, and is "far-off" from the ordinary world of people. Imagery during the Romantic period is a powerful tool to express a message in creative and descriptive detail, and is often referred to as "the sensations that language creates in the mind." "

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