![]() In this poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the ‘wanderer’ is the mariner. What they could be a treasure, a goal, a holy grail that will lend meaning or fulfillment to life and remove its sense of disjointedness. It could be a traveler, a knight, a cowboy, a prince, or a princess seeking something. The Wanderer is the name given to a character of someone on a journey in art and mythology. Thesis: The poem is about the wanderings of the ancient mariner who is permanently traumatized and alienated by his killing of the albatross and his experiences lead him to the spiritual realization that all creatures must be loved. I agree that “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” deals with the modern myth of the compulsive wanderer traumatized and alienated by a shattering experience, but not permanently. ![]() ![]() The ancient Mariner tells a story that relates itself clearly to a major Romantic archetype, the Wanderer. Thus, the poem has a moral that all things must be loved. Amidst a series of supernatural events, the mariner’s life alone is spared and he repents, but he must wander the earth and tell his tale with the lesson that “all things great and small” are important. They are punished with drought and death. The central theme of this poem is the suffering incurred by the mariner and his crew for killing an albatross. ![]() The Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge is a wild and imaginative tale, which in the words of Sir Walter Scott, ‘displays so much beauty with many eccentricities’” (Moore, 685). ![]()
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