Concordance
Coleridge Poetry
From OUP 1-vol. Edition (1924), pp. 1-492.
Size of text file: 542K; size of concordance file: 12 MB.
Encoding:
<S 01>
[NB. Use preceding zero for correct sort order]
<Y 1787>
<T Easter Holidays>
<P 1>
Hail! festal Easter that dost bring
Approach of sweetly-smiling spring,
When Nature's clad in green:
.....
Mercy for praise -- ^to be forgiven^ for fame
<T %Dura %Navis>
[^ = italics]
[% = Foreign word]
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&0123456789aAbBcCdDeEéFfgGhHiIJjkKlLMmNnoOpPq
QRrSstTuUVvwWxXyYZz
[Note that numbers are used in section and page references; note also accented é ]
Word separators: ' - ! % ( ) * , . : ; ? [ ] ^
[Note difficulty of this character: ' . Since it also occurs in o'er, etc., o'er is treated as two
words.]
References: Opening: < Closing: >
References to collect: SYTP
Context styles: Context type: Selected length
Chosen number of words: 5 before and 5 after
Ignore: Skip markers (( )) [This enables the Concordance to disregard text between
double brackets]
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