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Title: Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner By: Samuel T. Coleridge


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Rhyme of the Ancient MarinerBy Samuel T.
Coleridge
  • The Albatross

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  • Albatrosses, with their wandering life cycles and
    ability to be seen thousands of miles from any
    land, have fascinated mankind for hundreds of
    years.

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  • Albatrosses are nomadic birds that spend months
    wandering great distances over the oceans. They
    sleep while floating on the ocean surface, drink
    seawater, and feed on cuttlefish, other small
    marine animals, and often seek refuse on ships

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  • A superstition commonly held by sailors has long
    been that killing an albatross brings bad luck.
    The superstition forms the theme of The Rime of
    the Ancient Mariner by the English poet Samuel
    Taylor Coleridge.

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  • A leader of the romantic movement, Samuel Taylor
    Coleridge wrote poetry, essays, and criticism
    during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. As
    a poet, Coleridge crafted lyric verse with
    dreamlike imagery and deep symbolism.

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  • Albatrosses, as symbols of good luck, feature in
    one of the greatest narrative poems of the
    English languages Coleridge's "The Rhyme of the
    Ancient Mariner". Even today Albatrosses are
    creatures of wonder and awe.

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  • The significance of this symbol within the Rhyme
    of the Ancient Mariner, is very clear. With the
    death of the albatross, came the death of the
    mariners luck as well.

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