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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Coggle Diagram
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Origins
Wordsworth was reading a traveling journal about a crew traveling to South America and shooting an albatross
Mix of Wordsworth nature world with the Albatross with Coleridge's supernatural
First published in
Lyrical Ballads
but clashed with other poems and Wordsworth didn't like it
Why do we do what we do? Are consequences real? How do we make sense of suffering?
Form
Takes the shape of a ballad but makes it very dark and intelligent
Short lines but archaic language
Rhymes both at the end and internal rhyming
Feeds off the sublime, the gothic, and the supernatural but makes it modern by making the central theme of the movement of the connection between nature and humans
Illustrations made it more famous because illustrators see the unfinished form of the poet
Story
Souls of dead mariners are in the albatross, a good omen steering the mariners through
Crossbow = cross of Jesus
No reason for shooting the albatross
The mariner has the power of language, the prime power of language
"Water, water everywhere" makes us feel the water in our mouth.
Crime against nature is as bad as crime against humanity. We're all part of the ecosystem, we owe ethically obligation to the natural world
Ancient mariner started the poem young
Personal connection
Keeps making changes to the poem
The notes bring a moral framework of cause and effects
Self analyzer and his terrible guilt are reflected in the Ancient Mariner. Guilty about his addiction, his family, himself, and his finances
Moby Dick is inspired by the Ancient Mariner
Illustrations
