I like Coleridge better

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Out of the two romantics we are studying here, I like Coleridge better. I think his type of romanticism speaks differently than that of Wordsworth. Wordsworth romanticizes nature while Coleridge does pain. And though that may seem odd of him, I think it makes his works that much better. People grow out of pain. Whether it be their own, or enduring the pain of another, or just hearing about it, people come away from any sort of pain usually changed. I like the way "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" ended. The wedding guest with whom the mariner was speaking and sharing with woke up the next morning "a sadder and a wiser man" (595). I think this speaks volumes. Though nature is great and all, pain moves us as well. Pain is a means for growth. So I like the way Coleridge romanticizes pain. That does not mean he necessarily relishes in pain, but he can appreciate the value that it has in our lives. 

I commented on Natalie's and Sophia's. 

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  1. Ty GoramOctober 16, 2017 at 9:54 PM

    I can completely get where you're coming from, but I have to say I enjoy Wordsworth juuuuust a bit more. While it's good to understand what pain teaches us, I think it's also good to take a moment and appreciate nature as a sort of "cleansing". After all, after a hard day people always tend to say they need some fresh air.

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  2. Nathanael C. CarrollOctober 16, 2017 at 10:20 PM

    Good concepts here. Personally, I'm with you, Darbi... Coleridge's poems are almost more "cleansing" for me, by having a relation to pain that is positive, as opposed to looking completely away from it in the poetry of Wordsworth. This is one reason that the Romantic period gave way to the Modern, but at least in these poems, unlike the Moderns, Coleridge still glorifies this idea of pain/ negativity.

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  3. Phillip VoOctober 16, 2017 at 10:28 PM

    I definitely feel you on the pain part, it may feel almost as if his message is inherently more meaningful due to what he's talking about; pain being a tool for not only our use, but God's use to help us grow into stronger better people, people more fit to follow after him where he calls us. His objectifying of pain paints a picture that is a little more impactful than nature.

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