LeAnn Rimes

literature still remain present in today’s society. This statement applies to the poem “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge since many things that happen to the mariner still happen today. Some examples of these themes are karma, supernatural activity, and redemption. These themes are all present throughout the poem as The Mariner went through his treacherous journey. The poem “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge shows themes of karma,…

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, by T. S. Eliot, perfectly captures the plight of the modern man. This poem sheds insight into the conflicted and insecure psyche of Mr. Prufrock, who, despite dwelling in the upper echelon of society and attending fancy galas with “women who [talk] of Michelangelo,” cannot overcome his own inhibitions and thinks of himself as nothing more than “a pair of ragged claws scuttling across the floors of silent seas” (958-959). T.S. Eliot utilizes a stream of…

entertainment for us humans, there are others who believe otherwise. People in the Romantic Era all embraced nature and it’s importance to the world and to us. Many poets and writers often expressed it in their writings. For example, in the story, “The Rime of an Ancient Mariner” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, he intends to show to his audience that nature is an important ally of humanity, by telling a story of a sailor having extremely bad luck after harming an element of nature. The Romantic…

The two poems, “The Seafarer” and “The Wanderer” have many similarities. Both poems are about a tremendous journey to find their place in heaven. “The Seafarer” and “The Wanderer” have their hardships and they have loneliness and sorrow throughout their journeys. The poems both use words like “icy” and “wintry,” which shown how hard the journey was. The Wanderer is forced to wander on the journey to heaven while The Seafarer choose to go on a journey. The Wanderer was forced to go on the…

In the novel, the marnier feels karma after killing the Albatross. For example, “And I had done a hellish thing, And it would work ‘em woe: For all averred, I had killed the bird, That made the breeze to blow”( Coleridge 632). In this quote, the mariner is telling the wedding guest that he did, indeed killed the Albatross that made good things happen for his crew. Another example to go along with Karma is, “ Water, water, everywhere, And all the boards did shrink; water, water, everywhere, Nor…

beyond the shadow of a doubt that in Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, the natural world has a great deal of power. This is obvious and is seen many times throughout the story, occasions where the natural world dominating man. There is a very clear give and take relationship between the spirits of nature and the physical world. Any action from man will warrant a consequence from nature. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is the tale of the mariner learning that the…

“Rime of the Ancient Mariner” a poem that describes a mariner and his crew struggling to sail through ice and other weather conditions, when they encounter an albatross which they take as a sign from god which they let lead them through the horrible conditions. But their fortune ends when the greedy mariner takes advantage of the albatross and shoots it down for him to have to himself. The crew has mixed thoughts of the killing of the albatross but the crew dies over time and they place a curse…

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is written in an old English ballad fashion while including elements of literary Romanticism to not compromise the meaning and/or depth of his words by confining them to a specific verse structure. Instead, Coleridge chose to…

Nature’s Role In the “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” Samuel Coleridge uses very elaborate diction to imply the role nature plays in the lives of men and women. In this poem Coleridge relates these two elements using symbolism and subtle references allowing readers to connect more deeply with the text. In this poem the Mariner commits an awful crime by killing the Albatross that saved him from the storm. Then nature chooses to avenge the Albatross’ death by punishing the Mariner. At first, the…

In “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”, the Mariner fails to see the beauty of nature, people, and God, and his broken relationships with each results in his feelings of unhappiness and emptiness. The Mariner shoots the Albatross, a bird that has kind intentions of befriending the Mariner and his crew. His rationalizes for himself and his crewmates that the Albatross brought fog to the ship and it would have been difficult to continue on their voyage. Truthfully, the Mariner is unthinking and does…