The Lime Tree Bower

Paradise's Prison

In Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem, "The Lime Tree Bower, My Prison," it ought be noted that it is incredible how much serenity there is to be found in a poem which is expressing such beauty. The poem is about sight and how this related to William Wordsworth's definition of poetry in his "Preface to Lyrical Ballads," was to be in essence: relating a lot of ideas back to creative expression of the imagination. Samuel expressed his nature here and that is a beautifully powerful painting of the Lime Tree Bower and the nature of his friends! This poem is lively and light and I love how it's all about wandering and observing the joy and spirit of the woods. 

There's a lot to love here and it's related to the reader because he's actually speaking of what he loves from the heart: yet moreover, he's revealing why it's so important to him and how easy it is to convince others that it is holy too. From the day til night, in the bower, nature's wisdom and purity is so epicly serene and powerful and meaningful and expressive, that it makes us all believe in the power there is in believing that there is a whole world of words to speak of life.

After analyzing the poem and finding many things which speak to the heart I found that he expresses the beauty of the soul: his "prison," was his paradise.