Ancient Mariner Women

The first piece we read by Samuel Taylor Coleridge was his poem called The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. In this piece, Coleridge tells a trying story of a Mariner who’s rash behavior resulted in the death of his ship mates. When his situation seemed irreversible, he happens upon a coast where he is rescued by three men. However, the journey that occurred cursed the Mariner to tell his story in order to eleven his heart of the burdensome guilt. Coleridge relays this story to the reader through lyrical and vivid word that ease the reader into contemplation and reflection. At the end, the Gentleman who listened to the Mariner’s story was described as “A sadder and wiser man,/ He rose the morrow morn.” This was meant to reach out to the reader, so that the he/she would not repeat the mistakes of the Mariner and understand that “For everything that lives is holy.”
In contrast, Christabel didn’t reach a direct heart wrenching conclusion like The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Similarly, it did create analysis to occur with the readers. This poem is an unfinished multi-part piece that tells the conflict of two stereotypical women, according to society. The first female that is encountered is the pure and innocent Christabel who is even downed in white. While in the woods, she comes across the manipulative and mysterious witch, Geraldine—who is also
It is, also, the piece I connected with the most. In this piece, Coleridge describe the pure and internal peaceful reflection that occurs late at night. The speaker is watching his/her “infant slumber peacefully”. The speaker observes the world outside the window in relation to the child and proceeds to address the baby, “Dear Babe”, with the message that nature is a valuable teacher. This moment relates to the way William Wordsworth addresses and blesses his sister, Dorothy Wordsworth, in Tin Turn