The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner Comments

Beautiful poem so powerfully and magnificently expressed.

3) He devotes his life to warning people of the dangers of sin, using his own life as a cautionary tale.

2) The sailor commits a terrible sin when he kills the albatross. (one of God's beloved creatures) He spends the rest of his life trying to atone for his sin through his suffering and humility.

!) This poem is very topical in the time when Coleridge was still alive, sin and repentance are the main themes of this epic poem.

Beautiful poem so powerfully and magnificently expressed. A poetic gem. Timeless! ! ?

Water, water, every where, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink......I can't agree more!

One of my favourite poems

A magnificent poem and reminder of schooldays more than 70 years ago. I could se a ballet being made of this, if it has not already been done.

This is a magnificent poem, however I prefer the 1798 version, without the glosses. I find those disruptive of the mood, and as welcome as a comic explaining his joke before he delivers the punchline.

I had a part of this when I was in 10th class. Since then it has been one of favourite poems. [3

Here the poem makes wonderful feeling to its readers and every episode narrated in the poem seems to be very real episodes that had happened to the Mariner. In spite of the challenges and difficult experiences prayer makes them so powerful and and spirited always. Every sentence is having realism and perfection and enjoyable to the reader in its own spirit and life events. Here I know the water water everywhere........lines is the most favored lines in world readers and relevance to the world almost all time. A great achievement and poem from the great poet.

Long poem, with full string. Good work

Amazing, this is my favorite poem.

Amazing, this is my favorite poem.

He prayeth best, who loveth best All things both great and small; For the dear God who loveth us, He made and loveth all. - The moral of the poem lies in this stanza.

This is a very interesting poem

Our English language owes the trite phrase 'an albatross around one's neck' to this poem, a grand legacy. It is also interesting to compapre the fear in the English cadence of 'Water, water everywhere nor any dropp to drink' with the same in Snowwhite: 'Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is fairest of them all? '

This poem is just incredible. I first read it at school in year 8 - it was the first long poem I ever read, and I fell in love.