"Christabel" is an unfinished poem by S.T. Coleridge, written circa 1798 and published in 1816. It employs a Gothic and supernatural style to narrate the story of the enchantress Geraldine who deceives all but the virtuous Christabel. The work is notable for its innovative meter, using a rhyming four-stressed line.
“Christabel” es un poema inacabado de S.T. Coleridge, escrito alrededor de 1798 y publicado en 1816. Utiliza un estilo gótico y sobrenatural para contar la historia de la encantadora Geraldine que engaña a todos excepto a la virtuosa Christabel. La obra es notable por su métrica innovadora, empleando una línea de cuatro acentos rimada.
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| Back | an unfinished poem Coleridge 1798 making evocative use of Gothic and supernatural , it tells how the enchantress Geraldine deceives all but the virtuous Christabel it uses a new meter , the rhyming four-stressed line Christabel is a long narrative ballad by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, in two parts. The first part was reputedly written in 1797, and the second in 1800. Coleridge planned three additional parts, but these were never completed. Coleridge prepared for the first two parts to be published in the 1800 edition of Lyrical Ballads, but on the advice of William Wordsworth it was left out; the exclusion of the poem, coupled with his inability to finish it, left Coleridge in doubt about his poetical power. It was published in a pamphlet in 1816, alongside Kubla Khan and The Pains of Sleep. Coleridge aimed to write Christabel using an accentual metrical system, based on the count of only accents: even though the number of syllables in each line can vary from four to twelve, the number of accents per line never deviates from four. Synopsis |
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