Why is most of Coleridge's best writing unfinished?

... Miss E A Ball, Eliot Dr Sarah Moss English and American Literature EN308 Why is most of Coleridge's best writing unfinished? S. T. Coleridge is acknowledged by many as one of the leading poets and critics within the British Romantic movement. Famous for his philosophical approaches, Coleridge collaborated with other greats such as Southey and also Wordsworth, a union famous as being one of the most creatively significant relationships in English literature. Wordsworth's lyrical style can be seen influencing many of Coleridges works, from 'Rime of the Ancient Mariner' to the very famous 'Tintern Abby'. Both expressed a poetic impression that created a landmark in English Romanticism. His work revealed that Coleridge was influenced by the natural and intrigued by the supernatural, yet the concerns that he expressed within his works, "anticipating modern existentialism"1, were innovative and daring and therefore managed to gain him a notorious reputation as a visionary. Even Shelley referred to Coleridge

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