Samuel Taylor Coleridge, author of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, used many obsolete words and spellings throughout this particular poem. The word “rime” is referred as an old ancient man or ancient mariner and also “mariner” is referred as someone that works on the ship, seaman, or workmen. This poem was encounter on a ship that was on water. Mainly, Mariner encountered their journey to the Antarctic. The albatross is a symbol of bird or sign of innocence to guide the rimes and mariners though the ice storm to land. It started off, the Mariner had already had so much power. His first power came from the quote that states, “He hold him with his glittering eye.” His second power was his power of speech. Later on in the poem, the ancient mariner
