Saturday, October 6, 2012

explain this stanza in detail plzThe inmates of my cottage, all at rest, Have left me to that solitude, which suits Abstruser musings: save that at...

Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote "Frost at Midnight" as part
of a series of poems that deals with his belief that every child should grow up in the
English countryside.  The imortance of nature and religion are apparent in this passage.
 He says that everyone in the house is sound asleep, including his baby.  He says that
the sleep is so calm and peaceful that it is almost strange and that this calmness is
due to the sounds of nature outside: the ocean and trees, etc.  The word Abstruser was
often used during this time period of English literature, but it no longer used in this
way.  It means difficult to comprehend. He is saying that he is left alone with his
complex thoughts (knowing Coleridge, they are probably in relation to
God).

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