The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is a poem written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 1797. At first sight it may just seem like an epic sea voyage told by an old sailor to a wedding guest, but underlying this is a Christian allegory that teaches us about wrong-doing, suffering and redemption. He uses many different literary techniques to portray these three points. These literary techniques are displayed differently throughout the course of…

Repentance and the Albatross Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s 1798 classic poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is a tale of an ancient mariner sharing his story with a young guest at a wedding. Coleridge uses the mariner’s fable to teach his readers valuable lessons on topics ranging from having respect for God’s creatures to acknowledging the consequences of an action before acting. In The Rime of an Ancient Mariner, Coleridge specifically uses the symbolism of the albatross to teach his readers…

Filled with regret and despair, the mariner is tasked to tell his tale of sin to others in order to cleanse his soul. In The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Coleridge infers the importance to love all and respect all of god’s creatures. The journey the mariner parallels the journey of man dealing with sin and being freed. Throughout Coleridge work, we see the sailor bombarded with constant misery to atone for his action and the people around him suffer. The wedding guest hearing his tale can be a…

Messages (Discussing three messages from The Ancient Mariner) The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is a story with many messages that teach us something important. Anselm Berrigan states that “Coleridge’s father recognized his talents early on, and encouraged his education...” (Berrigan) Coleridge is known as one of the best writers. Through this story we can see just where his imagination takes him. The three messages from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner that I understood after reading this was…

in which characters or events have both a literal and symbolic meaning. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is a literary ballad by Coleridge contains several examples of moral lessons. Throughout the ballad the Albatross is portrayed as an omen. The crew experienced both good and bad situations, because of how they treated the Albatross. Also the water snakes symbolize the idea that nature should be appreciated. The Mariner glorifies the beauty of the water snakes, and is rewarded. Coleridge is…

Nature’s Role In the “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” Samuel Coleridge uses very elaborate diction to imply the role nature plays in the lives of men and women. In this poem Coleridge relates these two elements using symbolism and subtle references allowing readers to connect more deeply with the text. In this poem the Mariner commits an awful crime by killing the Albatross that saved him from the storm. Then nature chooses to avenge the Albatross’ death by punishing the Mariner. At first, the…

I found The Rime of an Ancient Mariner interesting because it was a story within a story. It started off with a guy going to his wedding and he gets stopped by this oddly looking Mariner who started telling him a fascinating story. He first tells the story of how he shot down and Albatross which he later finds out it is bad luck and recognizes the sin he just committed. The Mariner wears the Albatross around his neck as a sign of guilt weighing him down realizing that they are stuck with only…

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is written in an old English ballad fashion while including elements of literary Romanticism to not compromise the meaning and/or depth of his words by confining them to a specific verse structure. Instead, Coleridge chose to bend the rules…

In “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the Mariner recalled his story about unfortunate events he faced while at sea to a wedding guest. During the Mariner’s voyage, an Albatross guided him and his crew through a storm and brought them steady wind and good weather. The Mariner impulsively killed the Albatross, causing the Mariner to receive punishments for his cruelty. The punishments given to the Mariner was fitting for his crime because the pain of isolation and…

setting of that particular scene in the story as well. They used supernatural and superstitious topics as a way to romance a theme that was not particularly romanced at the time. This happens prominently in The Monk by Matthew Lewis and “The Rime of an Ancient Mariner” by Samuel Coleridge as well. These three stories show a different way of using that superstition and supernatural in a way that romances the way we look at it. It also, in turn, analyzes how superstition and supernatural were used…