Biographia Literaria

"Biographia Literaria" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge is a book from the 1800s where the author thinks deeply about his life as a writer and what makes poetry work. Coleridge shares stories about how school and other poets shaped his writing. He talks about how people reacted to his early poems, and how that made him want to write in a clearer, more powerful way. He also explores how poets use language and how different writers helped him become the poet he was. It's like reading a famous poet's diary mixed with his ideas about writing and art.