The article regards peculiarities of Edgar Allan Poe’s perception of the philosophical ideas and artistic creativity of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Poe considered Coleridge the greatest poet and philosopher; however, he often engaged into controversy with him. There are some reasons to believe that some of Poe’s texts were written under the non-obvious influence of his English predecessor. Several lyrical works of two poets, as well as their critical writings, were chosen to prove this.