The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is the longest poem of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. It was written in Romantic Period, so we can see features of Romanticism such as nature, strong human emotions, supernatural forces, sin and restoration in this work. As we can understand, Coleridge used the nature in his story. He tells a mariner’s story. There is something weird in ship. Ship is sorrounded by ice. Then, Albatros appears. Mariner blames Albatros and kill it. After killing Albatross, the atmosphere changes, everything is getting worse. The crew thinks this curse happen because of Albatross dead. Everybody dies except for Mariner. He survives and tells the story. The story passes from generation to generation by oral story telling.