![]() ![]() The approach of another ship causes the mariner to become hopeful. When the conditions change for the worse the crew force the mariner to wear the dead albatross as a sign of guilt. The conditions at sea improve, causing the crew to change their opinion of the mariner. The mariner's tale starts out with calm seas and a happy crew, but a sudden storm and strange weather change the mood. The leader of the group listens to the mariner's story. Arch, Gracechurch Street Part the FirstĪn old mariner stops a group on their way to a wedding. (1798) The Rime of Ancient Mariner London, England: J. ![]() Along with other poems in Lyrical Ballads, it was a signal shift to modern poetry and the beginning of British Romantic literature.Ĭoleridge, S.T. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is the longest major poem by the English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, written in 1797-98 and published in the first edition of Lyrical Ballads in 1798. ![]()
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