The Rime of The Enciant Mariner by the famous Samual Taylor Coleridge. Introduction of poet , Original lines from the poem, Brief summary, Themes, Symbolization.

1. Emisha Ravani
- Maharaja Krishnkumarsinhji Bhavnagar university
- English Department

2. The Rime of the Encient Mariner

4. Brief introduction about poet
Poet, Literary critic, Philosopher, Theologian, Philosopher
Romantic movement
Works:
Kubla khan
Christabel
Conversation poems
Biographia literaria

5. Poem :
Major and longest poem
Written in 1797-98
Published in 1798, in the first edition of Lyrical Ballads
Divided into seven parts
Story about a old mariner

6. Original lines of the poem:
“With my cross-bow
I shot the Albatross”
“Water, water, every where,
And all the boards did shrink;
Water, water, every where,
Nor any drop to drink.”
“Ah! well a-day! what evil looks
Had I from old and young!
Instead of the cross, the Albatross
About my neck was hung. “

7. In brief summary
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” is a narrative poem in
which a mariner tells a wedding guest about a harrowing
voyage he once endured.
The mariner’s ship sailed toward the South Pole amid “mist
and snow.”
An albatross appeared, and the mariner shot it with a
crossbow, thus cursing the crew.
Deathly spirits arrive and kill all of the crew but the mariner.
After drifting alone without food or water, the mariner finds
the ship mysteriously borne back to land.
The mariner now wanders the world, telling his tale.

8. Themes
The main themes in “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” are sin and penance, the
power of prayer, and mystery and the supernatural.
Sin and penance: After sinning by killing the albatross, the mariner must atone
through suffering. As such, he is condemned to wander the world, telling his story of
woe.
The power of prayer: Prayer—which Coleridge links to love—is presented as vital, even
in the midst of despair.
Mystery and the supernatural: The supernatural elements of the poem underscore its
urgency as a story of sin and belief.

9. Symbolization
what does Albatross symbolizes?
The albatrosses are symbolic of freedom, hope, strength, wanderlust, and navigation.
In many cultures, it is believed that these birds possess magical properties that can be
used in healing. In ancient myths, the albatross was believed to bring good luck to
seafarers who spotted it.

10. Thank you