complex web of themes and symbols within the seemingly simple plot line of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. The story of the seafarer with the 'glittering eye' (1.13) and his puzzling tale at sea told to an unwilling listener, the Wedding Guest, unfolds into a multifaceted array of planned sequences, heavy religious undertones, and hints at a biographical account of Coleridge's past. If one reads The Rime of the Ancient Mariner simply as a tale at sea, the poem stands as a remarkable one with its continuous…

“The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge The poem, “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge is a truly imaginative work utilizing the familiar yet timeless themes of good fortune, the power of Mother Nature, and adventurous voyages over the sea. The Mariner relates the bone-chilling tale of his adventure to a guest at a wedding in his native country. Although the guest succumbs to the Mariner’s tale, he is eager to get to the wedding, which is about to start…

Biographical Analysis of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, is a somewhat lengthy poem concerning the paranormal activities of a sea mariner and his crew. The work was constructed to be the beginning piece in Lyrical Ballads, a two-volume set written by William Wordsworth and Coleridge. Wordsworth intended to, in his volume, make the ordinary seem extraordinary, while Coleridge aimed to make the extraordinary ordinary. “The Rime” was first…

A lot of stories have a central theme or message that is shaped by the words surrounding it. The lesson could be depressing, funny, or serious. It never really matters, but a moral is a lesson to be learned from a story or event. The moral may be left to the hearer, reader or viewer to determine for themselves, or may be explicitly encapsulated in a maxim. The mariner is cursed with a lifelong penance after he killed the Albatross. He has to feel a pain in his chest that becomes unbearable until…

The three messages from Rime (The Rime of the Ancient Mariner) By: Samuel Taylor Coleridge What is the meaning of the word respect? Is the meaning of the word supposed to mean kindness? In the poem, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge has one specific moral of the story, and that is remember to love the big and the small things in life. There are so many things we take for granted and realize afterwards what had happened. The craziness of life can be different…

Poetry from the Victorian Era shifted its focus from the Romantic ideals of nature and imagination to the political and social concerns of an increasingly industrialized nation. As an art form, poetry allowed for critical response to issues that plagued a specific moment in time. Robert Southey 's poem, “The Sailor Who Had Served in the Slave Trade”, presents an important reflection on the cruelty of the slave trade and appoints Christian values as a means towards redemption. Southey 's poem seems…

school in London. Later, he went to Cambridge University. One of Samuel Taylor Coleridge poems was The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and there are a distinct three messages that are life learning. The first message in the poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge is not to kill innocent things. So the first message is not to kill innocent things. The reason why this is a message is because it happens everywhere around the world. It happens daily and that 's why this poet is addressing…

Knowledge, An Analysis of Gothic Elements in Frankenstein and The Rime of The Ancient Mariner Henry Wadsworth once said: “Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.” Such untold sorrows are what plague two very distinct characters in two very distinct works of literature. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein tells of Victor Frankenstein’s torment as he is plagued by his creation; Samuel Coleridge’s The Rime of The Ancient Mariner is the sinister…

Tashinga Chitambira Salsbury Brit Lit 18 April 2016 Finding Christian Imagery in “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” Many people read Samuel Coleridge’s ballad, “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” and find various and complex symbols. Among these symbols are spiritual and religious analogies. The poem connects God and Nature and the way that God is represented in “All things great and small,” (Coleridge 7.617). There is an allegorical nature of Coleridge’s work best found in his Christ like albatross…

Throughout our lives, we learn many different lessons. Whether it is a lesson learned from your consequences, like doing drugs, or getting a speeding ticket for driving too fast in a school zone, everyone learns lessons in their lives. One lesson that I have learned in particular is when I didn’t ask permission to go hang out with friends. My parents were both at work, and I couldn’t get contact either of them, so I decided on my own that I should be able to hang out with some friends because I had…