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Coleridge’s “Frost at midnight” is Coleridge’s chance to reflect on his past while focusing on his current surroundings. In that, he realizes the beauty that he was deprived from living in the city
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Splendors of silence In the poem, "Frost at Midnight," Samuel Coleridge uses his creative imagery and fascination with nature to create a beautiful picture. Focusing on the "frost," Coleridge personifies this natural occurrence as it "performs its secret ministry" as though it were a mysterious man lurking in the night. Much like other Romantic writers, Coleridge focuses on the natural elements in his surroundings to reflect upon his past. And thus realizes that he can make changes for his future. Nature as Coleridge recalls nature, "Tis calm indeed!" Coleridge explains, "so calm, that it disturbs/ And vexes meditation with its strange/ And extreme silentness. The only disturbance in this "silent Ministry" is the "owlets cry." With this silence, he is able to reflect, which he does quite vividly. The poem starts out in a slow and somber mood as he talks about the peacefulness and beauty of...
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