Poetry · 1798

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

A mariner stops a man on his way to a wedding. The mariner then relates to the man all the events of a long sea voyage, arousing in his listener feeling of impatience, fear, fascination and bemusement.The Rime of the Ancient Mariner was published in the collection Lyrical Ballads (1798), which contributed significantly to the advent of…

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First published
1798
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