Coleridge and the concept of Journeys

How has your understanding of the concept of Journey been shaped by the two poems This Lime-Tree Bower My Prison, Frost at Midnight and the techniques used by the composer? The concept of journey is one which is easily generalized, and can be easily manipulated to be revealed in a variety of texts through thematic interpretation and technique. The extensive grasp of the concept of journey can perhaps be explained through the understanding that the …

…responder in regard to the concept of the journey, through both content and techniques used by the composer, Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Utilizing thematic juxtaposition, melodrama, language techniques, the tone and mood, symbolism, and varied forms of imagery, the composer evokes within the responder a certain empathy which allows the responder to experience the journey of development, whether it be inner, physical or imaginative, and thus comprehend the enigma that involves the concept of the journey.