Dejection (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- First Published: 1802
- Type of Work: Ode
- Genres: Poetry, Lyric poetry, Ode
- Subjects: Perception, Snakes, Nature, Nineteenth century, Substance abuse, England or English people, Imagination, Drug addiction or addicts, Drugs, Birds, Romanticism, Moon or moons, Weather, Sky
The Poem
“Dejection: An Ode” is an ode in eight stanzas that vary greatly in the number of lines, the length of line, and in thought and imagery. The title announces the subject of the poem, which becomes apparent in the first stanza. The poet is surveying the tranquil night sky in which the new moon can be seen. He recalls an old ballad, which predicted that when the new moon can be seen with the old moon “in its arms,” a storm may be brewing. He hopes this is true, because he is sunk in depression and remembers past occasions when the driving energy of a storm has...
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