PPT-Poem Explication on “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by Samuel Coleridge

By Marianne File and Elizabeth Hamilt Literal sense in a Poem 1 a At first the sailors were quite upset with the Mariner and the fact that he killed the Albatross When the fog cleared though the sailors decided that the bird didnt control the breezes but the fog so then they congratulated him Then the breezes slowed down and the ship became idle Some of the sailors dreamed that a spirit followed beneath the ship from the land of mist and snow The sailors . Author biography . Coleridge was born on October 21,1772 in Ottery St. Mary, Devonshire. His father, who was the vicar of Ottery and the headmaster of its grammar school, died when he was yet a boy, in 1781. Thereafter, to continue his education, Coleridge was enrolled at Christ's Hospital in London an institution famously described in an essay by Charles Lamb. After ten years there he matriculated in Jesus College, Cambridge, where he was known for his wide reading and impressive eloquence. Financial problems, however, drove him from Cambridge, and in his third year he interrupted his education and traveled to London to enlist in the 15th Dragoons, using the pseudonym Silas Tomkyn Comberbache. His friends, recognizing how ill-suited he was for military life, were able to buy him out of this improbable misconception of his destiny and persuaded him to return to Cambridge.. By: Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Rey Diaz and Sam Gilchrist. Poem. It is an ancient Mariner,. And he . stoppeth. one of three.. `By thy long grey beard and glittering eye,. Now wherefore . stopp'st. thou me?. By: Marianne File and Elizabeth . Hamilt. Literal sense in a Poem. 1) a. At first, the sailors were quite upset with the Mariner and the fact that he killed the Albatross. When the fog cleared though, the sailors decided that the bird didn’t control the breezes but the fog so then they congratulated him. Then the breezes slowed down and the ship became idle. Some of the sailors dreamed that a spirit followed beneath the ship from the land of mist and snow. The sailors . By Denitura M. and Sarah Likens. February 27, 2012. Literal Sense of the Poem. The . story of a mariner who is on a long voyage and runs into three men who are en route to a wedding. He proceeds to tell him a story about the albatross that he killed and that he must continue to tell the story throughout eternity.. Form, structure & language. Ballad form. What . is it?. Ballads:. The . ballad. is a narrative meant to be sung, usually composed in the . ballad stanza. Romanticism. Guiding Questions. How did political events in America and France in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries affect English Society?. How did the industrialization of England revolutionize the ways in which people lived and worked?. Background. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner was written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge . in 1798.. It . was first published in Lyrical Ballads, . the joint venture between Coleridge and another Romantic poet, William Wordsworth (more on the authors to come). . Study Questions p. 250. Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s great friends and collaborators were . W. Wordsworth. and his sister . Dorothy. ; they settled in the . Lake District. and the two poets worked together on the composition of the “. Christian Coleman. Shikira. Bills. Jerrica. McDowell. Brittney Tate. Author’s Biography . Samuel Taylor Coleridge. . Born : October 21, 1772. Ottery. St. Mary, Devon, England. . Died : July 25, 1834. Audience, Purpose, and Tone. Theme…. How do you know when someone is acting guilty? Give specific examples from your own experiences. What does guilt do to you? . ISOLATION. DIVISION . “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” . Gabby . Verzella. Vidya. . Venkatesh. Molly Andersen. Bill Powell. The Sun . now rose upon the right. Out of the sea came he,. Still hid in mist. , and on the left. Went down into the sea.. The . good . The poet. leader of the British Romantic movement, was born on October 21, 1772, in Devonshire, England. In 1795 Coleridge befriended William Wordsworth. In 1798 the two men collaborated on a joint volume of poetry entitled Lyrical Ballads. The collection is considered the first great work of the Romantic school of poetry and contains Coleridge's famous poem, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." . Andrew Perricone • Imogen Rosenbluth. Kalev Rudolph • Alyssa Stump. Stanzas 1 & 2. 'I fear. thee, ancient Mariner!. I fear . thy . skinny hand. !. And thou art . l. ong,. . l. ank, and brown,. By Ashley Hales and Samantha Pass. Samuel . Taylor Coleridge: October 21, 1772 -July 25, . 1834. He studied at Jesus College where he met lifelong friend Robert . Southley. , who influenced a lot of his work. .