It is often regarded, along with other poems in Lyrical Ballads, as a watershed moment in contemporary poetry and the commencement of British Romantic literature. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner describes the adventures of a sailor returning from a lengthy sea trip. As he tells his story, the narrator becomes increasingly obsessed with it, to the point that he begins to feel like the mariner himself.
The poem was influential in its time for its use of dramatic monologue and its emphasis on emotion over logic. It also marked a shift away from the traditional heroic couplet used by Alexander Pope in The Dunciad (1729) that had become popular after William Shakespeare developed the form into something new. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is considered one of the first modern poems because it uses abstract ideas about love and loss instead of physical action or drama to engage its audience.
By doing this, the poem prefigures many later developments in literature including surrealism, expressionism, and minimalism. Although not written by an Englishman, it has been argued that Samuel Taylor Coleridge's work influenced Wordsworth and Byron greatly and thus can be attributed as having an influence itself.
The Ancient Mariner became so famous that it was frequently set to music. One of the most well-known versions is that composed by Edward Elgar for voice and piano.
1. In Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," the ancient mariner wished to confess his transgression to someone. He stopped the wedding guest to listen to his story because the visitor was caught by his captivating look and so had no choice but to listen to his story. When the mariner was done telling his tale, he threw his knife into the sea and walked away.
2. The ancient mariner wanted to confess his crime to someone before he died. So he stopped the wedding guest on his way down to the beach and told him his story. When he was finished, he threw his knife into the water as well and walked away.
3. The ancient mariner wanted to confess his crime to someone before he died. So he stopped the first person he saw when he came ashore and told him his story.
4. The ancient mariner wanted to confess his crime to someone before he died. So he stopped the second man he saw when he came ashore and told him his story.
5. The ancient mariner wanted to confess his crime to someone before he died.
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge depicts a man's desperate longing for forgiveness via the crimes he has committed along his trip. The Albatross was merely a bird to the crew, but it represented Coleridge's Romanticism in a profoundly spiritual, enigmatic, and deep way.
Romanticism is a broad movement in European art and literature that began around 1780. It is characterised by an emphasis on emotion over reason, by contrast to the rationalism of the Enlightenment and the classicism of ancient Greece and Rome. Music also plays an important role in Romanticism; poets such as William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote about their feelings towards nature and each other through the use of poetry and music.
Coleridge was deeply influenced by George Byron's work. Like Byron, Coleridge sought to break away from the constraints of society and achieve personal fulfillment through travel, poetry, and mental exploration. They shared many interests including politics, philosophy, and religion.
Romantic artists such as John Keats and Thomas Cole painted pictures with words like "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" or "The Blue Boy" to describe their feelings about women or men who haunted their dreams, respectively. These paintings are based on poems by Lord Byron.
In addition to writing poems and songs, musicians such as Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Schubert used music to express their emotions.
It is written in the style of a traditional folk song, blending actual and supernatural happenings. As a framing narrative, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is narrated. A frame narrative is a story that is told within another story. In other words, one tale being told while another story is in progress. Frame stories are common in oral storytelling traditions and in novels. They can be used to highlight certain events or characters within the main story.
By using a frame story, Richardson was able to include important details in his novel that might not have otherwise been reported. For example, in this case, the frame story allows him to explain how the ancient mariner came into possession of his ship, the Moonraker. It also reveals that he has murdered several people for their money. This information would have been difficult to convey in the original short story format since it would have been unclear whether these events actually occurred or not.
Furthermore, by telling the story within the story, Richardson is able to comment on various aspects of human nature without appearing like he is doing so directly through the mouth of the ancient mariner himself. For example, when the narrator tells us that the ancient mariner is a "kindly man", he is really saying that we should view what happens to him later in life with sympathy instead of fear.
The theological themes of temptation, sin, and salvation via vicarious suffering are similar to Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Swinburne dedicated A Century of Roundels to Rossetti in 1883 because she used his roundel form in a number of poems, including Wife to Husband. He also based his poem "Gareth and Lynette" on one of her paintings.
In addition to these connections through Swinburne, there are others with other poets too. For example, George Herbert is mentioned by name in "The Lake Isle of Innisfree". This poem will be discussed in more detail below under its own heading but for now it can just be noted that George Herbert is another poetic influence on Yeats.
Yeats knew this and many other things about his friend Rossetti before they ever met, which is why he was so eager to come to England. They had corresponded since 1880 when Rossetti sent him a copy of his collection of poems titled Bewick for Boys. In their letters they talked about literature, art, politics, and religion and Yeats said they became "friends without knowing it yet".
When Yeats finally did meet Rossetti in February 1866 they were immediately attracted to each other. They shared a love of poetry and music and Rossetti was also interested in Irish folklore which fascinated Yeats.
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