Samuel Taylor Coleridge was born on October 21, 1772 in Devon, England. A friend to poet William Wordsworth, Coleridge was a founder of the English Romantic Movement. His best known poems are The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla Khan, the latter of which was reportedly written under the influence of opium. Coleridge died in 1834.
Led by Thomas Thorpe as coordinator, the Poetry at SMSA group is one of SMSA’s regular Members’ Activities & Events.
Each month, the group meets in the Norman Selfe Room to discuss poetry relating to a particular theme.
They have given a number of popular public readings at SMSA over the last 12 months.
Who can forget Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s haunting introduction to his masterpiece, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner?
It is an ancient Mariner,
And he stoppeth one of three.
`By thy long grey beard and glittering eye,
Now wherefore stopp’st thou me?’
Come along to hear the Poetry at SMSA group give a dramatic reading of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, on 13th November – 217 years to the day that Coleridge began writing this epic poem.
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SMSA (Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts)