Coleridge and Shelley - Imagination and Narrative Voice

1. Coleridge's Kubla Khan is mostly intended to celebrate the power of imagination. It starts as Coleridge writes about how powerful imagination is and how it can come into play when wanting to be inspired or can interrupt the reasoning of total genius. Coleridge seems to be writing to its readers to warn them about imagination and its powers. Kubla Khan celebrate the imagination or cation against self-indulgence or vanity physically and mentally. Coleridge, in my opinion, is writing to all humans to awaken our imagination and adventurous side. He cautions us of the indulgence of imagination. He sets up a place which can only be imagined only to tell us it's paradise.

2.Shelley's Ozymandias has three narrative frames and three speakers. These speakers include the traveler, the writer who has met the traveler, and Ozymandias. The poem talks about the experience and adventure of the writer and main speaker. This shows a very close connection to Coleridge's piece because both seem to focus on adventure and the use of imagination. The main speaker serves as the person who is retelling the story and what he experienced and not putting his own opinions or emotions as part of the piece. The traveler is so the messenger. Ozymandias serves as the greater force above both of them.