The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Recommended by Seamus Perry, and 1 others. See all reviewsRanked #22 in Annotations, Ranked #34 in Poetry — see more rankings.
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (originally "The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere") is the longest major poem by the English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, written in 1797–98 and published in 1798 in the first edition of Lyrical Ballads. Modern editions use a later revised version printed in 1817 and featuring a gloss. Along with other poems in Lyrical Ballads, it was a signal shift to modern poetry and the beginning of British Romantic literature.
It relates the events experienced by a mariner who has returned from a long sea voyage. The Mariner stops a man on his... more
It relates the events experienced by a mariner who has returned from a long sea voyage. The Mariner stops a man on his... more
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Seamus Perry It’s not just a poem about terrible things that happen, it’s a poem about how you remember terrible things that happen, narrativise them, and try to make sense of them. (Source)
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