Samuel Coleridge

Samuel Coleridge was an English poet, literary critic, philosopher and theologian who, with his friend William Wordsworth, was a founder of the Romantic movement in English and a member of the lake poet's. He wrote the poems the Rime of the Ancient mariner and " kubla Khan", as well as the major prose work biographia literaria. His critical work, especially on William Shakespeare, was highly influential, and he helped introduce German idealist philosophy to English- speaking culture. Coleridge coined many familiar words and phrases, including suspension of disbelief. He had a major influence on Ralph Waldo Emerson and on American transcendentalism.

1). Difference between poem and poetry

Poetry is a wider than poem. Poem is different than prose while poetrh could be a part of prose. Poem gives pleasure. Meter or rhyme or both is used in a poem. While poetry gives an aesthetic delight. We can say that it is an activity of poet's mind. Through poem, poet express their mind. Through poem, poet express their idea and feeling. So, it is merely a form of verbal expression of poet's mind.

2). Difference between poem and prose.

According to Coleridge poem contains the elements as a prose composition. Poem and prose both uses words. Poem also maybe in prosic composition but, it is not used in prose composition. Poem provides pleasure it means it's purpose is to provide pleasure to readers and listeners. Poem also becomes prose and prose also becomes poem. Language of poetry maybe metaphysical and due to this language poetry differs prose. In prose some specific meaning and we can't change it's meaning. I mean we can interpret meaning of poem with our pain of view or what we can understand from poem but ,it is not happen in prose. Language of prose maybe clear and so we can't change it's meaning. Prose used by literary writer and used by scientists is different. Language of poem we can change with our interpretation but, prose's language has only one meaning.