24 Mayıs 2014 Cumartesi

THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER


The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is a poem which was written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 1797-1798. It is one of the most striking examples of English Literature. It was written in Romantic Period. Therefore, it has romantic elements. Some of them are nature, strong human emotions, supernatural forces, sin and restoration.

Topic of the poem is experiences of a sailor. The sailor goes to sea voyage and he experiences many events in this time. Firstly, he and his sailor friends go to an area which is surrounded by ice. Because the area is ice, they can’t go to anywhere and they stay there. The while they see an Albatross, the Mariner kills the Albatross by thinking bad chances for them. But, the others think giving chances. After then, the area becomes so hot and they become thirsty. They think that all bad things happen because of Albatross dead. Then, all sailors die except for the Mariner.  He survives and he becomes telling the story to people on wedding ceremony.

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