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Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Primary
        
        is the agent of all perception
      - Secondary
        
        trough it the poet is able to recreate the world or to unify its chaotic elements
- - - - at some point, the ship was surrounded by ice and trapped
        
        an albatross flies trough the fog, driving them safe
        
        but inexplicably the mariner shoots the albatross dead with his crossbow
        
        a curse falls on the ship, which is driven north to the equator gets stuck for a lack of wind under a burning sun
        
        the only survivor of the ship was the mariner, he must bear the burden of guilt for the rest of his life telling his story to the people he meets
  - - - there are several perspectives
        
        colonialism
        
        The albatross in Coleridge's poems may be seen as a symbol of this betrayal of trust
        
        Man, because of the excessive quality of his desire, isa a figure of "positive evil", creating an imbalance and turning the world upside down by his acts
  - - - the poem creates a universe where realistic and supernatural events coexist
      - the presence of spirits and angels contributes to creating a magical atmosphere
        
        this is reinforced by the language used by Coleridge, by using frequent sound effects, internal rhymes, similes, alliteration, repetitions and personification