Coleridge and Shelley

1) The power of the imagination is often exalted in Romantic poetry. In your opinion, does “Kubla Khan” celebrate the imagination or caution against its indulgence? To whom might Coleridge be writing and for what purpose(s)?

Kubla Khan, in my opinion celebrates the imagaination. I say this because the way the poem is written makes it seem that the author, Colerdige, is trying to make a point naming the poem "A Vision in a Dream". The name of the poem makes it seem as if the whole thing is a fantasy and that the whole idea comes from the authors mind and imagination. As to whom Coleridge may be writing to, I would say that he is writing for his own desire to get his ideas down and just get them out of his head. The purpose of his writing may be to just free his mind and clear his thoughts and to take notes on his imagination.

2) Even in the brief space of a sonnet, Shelley suggests a number of narrative frames. How many speakers do you hear in "Ozymandias"? What does each of these voices seem to say to you (or to others) as listeners?

In the sonnet, "Ozymandias", I hear only one speaker throughout the whole sonnet. I do not hear numerous voices becuase the sonnet just flows freely and dosen't seem to have different sections or "voices".