Ancient Mariner
Romanticism displayed in “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” Romanticism is a powerful literature genre and many of the best pieces of literature would fall into this vast genre. Along with countless other works, Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” falls into the Romanticism genre. The profound use of Romantic elements in Coleridge’s poem establishes it’s Romantic ties. Numerous examples of a strong reverence for nature are clearly seen in this poem. Subjectivity is displayed throughout the whole poem in a brilliant manner. Lastly, figurative language is utilized extremely well to display the overloading emotion caused by intense events throughout the story. In Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem, “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,”
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First of all, the poem is written as a story told by the Ancient Mariner about his adventure to a Wedding-Guest. Throughout the poem, Coleridge writes about the Mariner telling the story of the many joyful, but sometimes miserable events he endured. The Mariner’s story is told with the sole intent of highlighting the feelings he had after receiving gentle sleep from heaven: “I thought that I had died in sleep / And was a blesséd ghost” (308-309). The fact that the Mariner believes he died in his sleep and became a blessed ghost shows the magnitude of the much-needed sleep on the Mariner’s well-being. The Mariner’s description of the results of sleeping helps the Wedding-Guest grasp the extreme conditions on the open ocean. Lastly, when the Mariner arrives at his native land after an excruciating journey he is flooded with relief, this is a very important part of the poem, because had it been just any average island there would not be the same intense sense of joy for the Mariner. The fact that it is his native land highlights the subjectivity in this portion of the poem and represents the sheer luck that the Ancient Mariner had in this portion of his journey. The arrival at his homeland allow the Mariner to reach the hermit and beg for the forgiveness of his sins. The plethora of the Romantic characteristic, subjectivity on display in Coleridge's poem strengthens the story’s …show more content…
First and foremost, a rather gruesome part of the poem has a strong illustration of extraordinary emotion when the Mariner and crew notice a ship approaching them in the distance; the crew had been suffering from a drought, and were all so parched that they were unable to talk, so the Mariner was forced to bite his arm so arduously that it bled, and he used the blood to lubricate his throat to declare the ship’s presence. “I bit my arm, I suck’d the blood./ And cried, A sail! a sail!” (160-161). The fact that he had to use his own blood to allow himself to talk shows that the Mariner was so unusually excited, he acted on impulse. Also, the biting of his arm promotes the haste required to announce the ship that could potentially put an end to the crew’s suffering. Secondly, the approaching ship resembles a ship straight from hell, with Death and Life-in-Death aboard wreaks havoc on the Mariner’s crew, leaving the two hundred and fifty crew members dead, and the Mariner to a companionless ship, the Mariner is overtaken by overpowering emotions. The Ancient Mariner explains how alone he is and how his soul is in agony. The death of his crew traumatizes him in such a way that he eventually believes that the crime against nature
First of all, the poem is written as a story told by the Ancient Mariner about his adventure to a Wedding-Guest. Throughout the poem, Coleridge writes about the Mariner telling the story of the many joyful, but sometimes miserable events he endured. The Mariner’s story is told with the sole intent of highlighting the feelings he had after receiving gentle sleep from heaven: “I thought that I had died in sleep / And was a blesséd ghost” (308-309). The fact that the Mariner believes he died in his sleep and became a blessed ghost shows the magnitude of the much-needed sleep on the Mariner’s well-being. The Mariner’s description of the results of sleeping helps the Wedding-Guest grasp the extreme conditions on the open ocean. Lastly, when the Mariner arrives at his native land after an excruciating journey he is flooded with relief, this is a very important part of the poem, because had it been just any average island there would not be the same intense sense of joy for the Mariner. The fact that it is his native land highlights the subjectivity in this portion of the poem and represents the sheer luck that the Ancient Mariner had in this portion of his journey. The arrival at his homeland allow the Mariner to reach the hermit and beg for the forgiveness of his sins. The plethora of the Romantic characteristic, subjectivity on display in Coleridge's poem strengthens the story’s …show more content…
First and foremost, a rather gruesome part of the poem has a strong illustration of extraordinary emotion when the Mariner and crew notice a ship approaching them in the distance; the crew had been suffering from a drought, and were all so parched that they were unable to talk, so the Mariner was forced to bite his arm so arduously that it bled, and he used the blood to lubricate his throat to declare the ship’s presence. “I bit my arm, I suck’d the blood./ And cried, A sail! a sail!” (160-161). The fact that he had to use his own blood to allow himself to talk shows that the Mariner was so unusually excited, he acted on impulse. Also, the biting of his arm promotes the haste required to announce the ship that could potentially put an end to the crew’s suffering. Secondly, the approaching ship resembles a ship straight from hell, with Death and Life-in-Death aboard wreaks havoc on the Mariner’s crew, leaving the two hundred and fifty crew members dead, and the Mariner to a companionless ship, the Mariner is overtaken by overpowering emotions. The Ancient Mariner explains how alone he is and how his soul is in agony. The death of his crew traumatizes him in such a way that he eventually believes that the crime against nature