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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