For being so very few, they cannot sensibly detract from the reputation of an author, who is even characterized by the number of profound truths in his writings, which will stand the severest analysis; and yet few as they are, they are exactly those passages which his blind admirers would be most likely, and best able, to imitate." Of the positives that Coleridge identified within the poem, he placed emphasis on Wordsworth's choice of grammar and language that established a verbal purity in which the words chosen could not be substituted without destroying the beauty of the poem. Another aspect Coleridge favoured was the poem's originality of thought and how it contained Wordsworth's understanding of nature and his own experience.
For being so few, they cannot reasonably diminish an author's reputation, who is distinguished by the richness of profound truths in his works, which will withstand rigorous scrutiny; and yet, though limited, these are precisely those sections that his devoted followers would most likely and effectively imitate. Among the positive aspects Coleridge noted within the poem, he highlighted Wordsworth's selection of grammar and language that created a verbal purity where words could not be replaced without destroying the poem's beauty. Another feature Coleridge appreciated was the originality of thought in the work and its reflection of Wordsworth's understanding of nature and personal experience.