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But hush! there is a pause of deepest silence! And all that noise, as of a rushing crowd, With groans, and tremulous shudderings — all is over — It tells another tale, with sounds less deep and loud!
The wind changes and so too does the speaker's internal feelings in that it now has a more manageable as if paying attention to the tumultuous sounds of the wind was akin to a release of some sort.
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I may not hope from outward forms to win The passion and the life, whose fountains are within.
Here, the speaker realizes that they must not rely on nature to lift his spirits and instead needs to gain real passion and life from within.
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And I fear, I fear, my Master dear! We shall have a deadly storm.
Serves as foreshadowing for the "deadly storm" about to take place which correlates to the speaker's future explanation of their emotional distress.
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In its own cloudless, starless lake of blue; I see them all so excellently fair, I see, not feel, how beautiful they are!
Emphasizes the speaker's disconnect with nature as the speaker can see the moon, yet can not feel its presence. This contributes to the speakers overwhelming sense of isolation.
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For hope grew round me, like the twining vine, And fruits, and foliage, not my own, seemed mine. But now afflictions bow me down to earth: Nor care I that they rob me of my mirth;
These lines have a contrast in that Coleridge first explains how there were once positive feelings associated with hope and imagination; however, now, these feelings have morphed into despair and a lack of an ability to connect with nature.
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“Dejection: An Ode” by Coleridge
Discussion questions: - What role does nature play in the poem? - What is the significance of the epigraph? - What is the relationship between imagination and emotion?
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