Reason

Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1772 (Ottery St Mary) – 1834 (Highgate)



... Finally, what is Reason ? You have often asked me ; and this is my
answer :--

     Whene'er the mist, that stands 'twixt God and thee,
     [Sublimates] to a pure transparency,
     That intercepts no light and adds no stain--
     There Reason is, and then begins her reign !

     But alas !
          ------`tu stesso, ti fai grosso
          Col falso immaginar, sì che non vedi
          Ciò che vedresti, se l'avessi scosso.'

     (Dante, Paradiso, Canto 1, lines 88-90)

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XX AABB CXXC X
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 479
Words 74
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 2, 4, 4, 1

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Samuel Taylor Coleridge was an English poet, literary critic and philosopher who, with his friend William Wordsworth, was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets. more…

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