The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Ø  Romantic era

Ø  Active reawakening of the English repulse

Ø  Intense emotion

Ø  “I would compare the human soul to a ship’s crew cast on an unknown island – T.J. Coleridge

Ø  Experiences in personal life –

Ø  Mysterious workings of our mind

Ø  Never knowing when the agony of remembrance will return

Ø  Christian belief abundant throughout the poem

Ø  Albatross – as Christ

Ø  Lingering question – how the mental agony is relieved? By sharing

Ø  Struggle between – ego and super ego

Ø  Never truly be free from Opium – guilt

Ø  Psychological poet – par excellence