DEJECTION : AN ODE--- COLERIDGE’S UNCONVENTIONAL TREATMENT OF THEME

Abstract

Coleridge is influenced by the poetic ideas of Wordsworth. He has a firm faith in Pantheism. He is fascinated by the healing power of nature. He keenly observes nature in his own way. For, his Romanticism is a philosophy, a way of life and garret of optimism. But in Dejection: An Ode, Coleridge’s treatment of theme is unconventional. The poem is personal in tone. Coleridge's internal conflict makes him unaware to feel nature. He argues the he has lost his power, poetic creativity, he has lost his sources of secondary imagination. He wants an escape to abstract world. He wants to observe the harsh reality. Such transition of theme provides this particular poetry an extra poetic charm. The word ‘ dejection’ symbolize here the poet's own psyche. The poetry has its own unique appeal. Coleridge is quite successful in his purpose because he treats this unconventional theme with safe hands.