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 . By: Marianne File and Elizabeth . Hamilt. “The Rime of the Ancient mariner by Samuel Coleridge. Part II. "The sun now rose upon the right:. Out of the sea came he,. Still hid in mist, and on the left. 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: 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 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. . 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.. Made by . Jaeyoung. Park. Jason Choi. Paraphrase:. Mariner can pray and sleep again. Exhausted from curse and thirst, he falls a sleep and credits his sleep to Mary Queen.. He wanted to drink water, and he dreams about drinking water. When he wakes up, it rains.. Form, structure & language. Ballad form. What . is it?. Ballads:. The . ballad. is a narrative meant to be sung, usually composed in the . ballad stanza. Of Coleridge -. Of Lucifer -. Of Adam -. …forbidden fruit?. …cast into hell?. …opium?. “…the very deep did rot…”. “…slimy things …. Slimy sea”. “I shot the albatross”. “…and I had done a hellish thing…”. 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. 252. What kind of poem is . ‘The Rime of the Ancient mariner’. ?. It is a mixture of Gothic romance, travel literature (which supplies the exotic) and traditional ballad. It is a joint poetic work typical of ‘Lyrical Ballads’ because the story was originally planned as a collaboration between Coleridge and Wordsworth, who in fact suggested some episodes (like the killing of the albatross and the dead men sailing the ship).. 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." . Samuel Taylor Coleridge . Romanticism. Background. Originally published in 1798 as The Rime of the . Ancyent. . Marinere. .. the language . went against the emerging Romantic tradition of writing in contemporary, unrhymed language . 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. . By Samuel Taylor Coleridge . Overview:. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is a ballad, meaning that it is a poem that tells a story and has a sing-song quality. . There are seven parts to the poem.. The poem is a frame story, just like Frankenstein. .