Poetic form and language in ‘The Pains of Sleep’ Essay
Poetry
‘The Pains of Sleep’ Is written In the first person present tense from the point of view of an urn-named narrator; which may (or may not) be the author. How;ever, the nightmares and sleep disruption described in the poem are symptomatic of withdrawal from opiate addiction, an affliction from which Coleridge was known to suffer,…