The Rime of theThe Rime of the Ancient Mariner Ancient Mariner

Samuel Taylor Samuel Taylor ColeridgeColeridge

(1772-1834), English lyrical poet, (1772-1834), English lyrical poet, critic, and philosopher whose critic, and philosopher whose Lyrical Ballads, Lyrical Ballads, (1798) written with (1798) written with William Wordsworth, started the William Wordsworth, started the English Romantic movement.English Romantic movement.

What’s Romanticism and howWhat’s Romanticism and howis Coleridge involved?is Coleridge involved?

The Romantic The Romantic movement included an movement included an emphasis on the emphasis on the individual and the individual and the common man rather common man rather than an emphasis on than an emphasis on royalty or society. It royalty or society. It also portrays nature in also portrays nature in a different way than a different way than before, not as calm, before, not as calm, serene and orderly, but serene and orderly, but personified as a source personified as a source of ill as well as good.of ill as well as good.

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Ballad FormBallad Form A Ballad is a long A Ballad is a long

narrative poem narrative poem that usually that usually focuses on one focuses on one event, contains event, contains supernatural supernatural elements, is about elements, is about a a common mancommon man, , and usually and usually contains repetition.contains repetition.

Rime SummaryRime Summary The ancient mariner The ancient mariner

(a really old sea (a really old sea person) stops a person) stops a wedding guest to wedding guest to tell him a story. tell him a story. The mariners eyes The mariners eyes are so spellbinding, are so spellbinding, that the wedding that the wedding guest stops to guest stops to listen.listen.

Rime SummaryRime Summary The mariner The mariner

begins to tell his begins to tell his tale of a sea tale of a sea voyage in which voyage in which he…well, we’ll go he…well, we’ll go over that soon over that soon enough; for now, enough; for now, let’s look at the let’s look at the pretty slide to the pretty slide to the right.right.

““A painted ship upon a A painted ship upon a painted sea.”painted sea.”

““And I had done a hellish And I had done a hellish thing, thing,

And it would work ‘em woe.”And it would work ‘em woe.”

““He prayeth well, He prayeth well, who loveth well.”who loveth well.”