![]() Apparently that’s bad luck, and the superstitious crew members get angry with the mariner and punish him by hanging the dead bird around his neck. The crew credits the bird with saving them, but for reasons never given during the poem, the mariner kills it with a crossbow. The mariner tells the tale of how he was on a boat that got lost in fog and ice until the appearance of an albatross (a sea bird kind of like a seagull). The guest becomes increasingly uncomfortable but is unable to stop listening. The poem begins with the title character, the ancient mariner (an old sailor), cornering a wedding guest to tell him a story (like old sailors do). It has remained popular due in part to its strange, supernatural imagery and its many possible interpretations. ![]() The Rime of the Ancient Mariner was first published in Lyrical Ballads, a collection of works by Coleridge and fellow English poet William Wordsworth, who are both credited as leaders of Romanticism. ![]()
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