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Metrical Feet
by
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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Poetry
Metrical Feet
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Symbols, Imagery, Wordplay
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Symbolism, Imagery, Wordplay
Feet (poetic and actual)
Sound
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Metrical Feet Symbolism, Imagery & Wordplay
There’s more to a poem than meets the eye.
Feet (poetic and actual)
The poem is called "metrical feet," and it talks a lot about – gasp! – metrical feet (i.e., the small units that make up a line of verse). Even though it talks about different types of poetic m...
Sound
Feast your ears, friends. This is a poem about poetry, and more specifically about meter. Poetry is all about sound, and this poem knows it. While the speaker doesn't talk about sound so much in th...
Nature
The second half of the poem talks about how to become a poet. Nature is an important part of this discussion, which is unsurprising when you learn about Coleridge's romantic sensibilities. Indeed,...