Interesting connection, Tom. As Coleridge's 'Rime of the Ancient Mariner'
is not about preventing cruelty to albatrosses, Woolf's 'The Death of the
Moth' is not about the study of the lepidepteran as a species, but about
how an insignificant little creature came to know death.
Keep in mind the different intents of Coleridge and Woolf, as well as
the difference between prose and poetry or found poetic prose of Woolf
against Coleride's prosaic poetry!
Regards, Michael
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Interesting connection, Tom. As Coleridge's 'Rime of the Ancient Mariner' is not about preventing cruelty to albatrosses, Woolf's 'The Death of the Moth' is not about the study of the lepidepteran as a species, but about how an insignificant little creature came to know death. Keep in mind the different intents of Coleridge and Woolf, as well as the difference between prose and poetry or found poetic prose of Woolf against Coleride's prosaic poetry! Regards, Michael