The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

 Romantic poetry- The Rime of the   ancient  mariner

  This blog is in response to the  blog task  based on the romantic poems. In this blog task.  I am sharing my views  about the poem "THE RIME  OF THE ANCIENT MARINER." 

 AEG OF ROMANTICISM 

The age of Romanticism  is known as a  second creative period of English literature.  Romanticism  age called as  "the age of revolution." For the French revolution  and the American  commonwealth, as well as the establishment  of  a true democracy  in England  by the reform bill. Literature  developed a new creative  spirit, which  shows  it self in the poetry of  wordsworth, coleridge, byron, Shelley, Keats,  and in the prose of Scott, Jane austen, lamb, and De quincey. 

THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER 

This  poem written by  SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE.  

"A grief without a pang, void, dark and drear, A stifled, drowsy, unimpassioned grief, which  finds no natural  outlet, no relief, In word, or sigh , or tear."

In the wonderful "ode to Dejection," from which the above  fragment is  taken, we have a single strong impression  of coleridge's  whole life. The  works of coleridge  naturally divide themselves  into three classes, - the poetic, the critical, and the philosophical, corresponding to the early , the middle, and the later periods of his career. His early poems show the influence  of Gray and Blake, especially  of the latter.  When  coleridge  begins  his " Day Dream" with  the line,

" My eyes make pictures  when they are shut," 

We recall instantly Blake's haunting  songs of Innocence. Strong suggestions of Blake can be seen such poetry  like "A Day Dreamer", " The Devil's Thought ", " The suicide's Argument."

His later poems  there is his imagination  with thoughts  and study, as it could  be noticed  in "Kubla Khan," " christabel," and "The Rime of the ancient mariner."

"THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER " is coleridge  chief contribution  to the  LYRICAL BALLADS of 1798, and is one of the world's  masterpieces. This poem is longest poem written  in 1797-98 and published in 1798 in the first  edition of  lyrical Ballads. 

" The Rime of the ancient mariner " is a narrative  poem in which a mariner  tells a wedding  guest about a harrowing  voyage he once endured.  This poem written in  seven parts.

It's got awesome  adventures, horror, and mystery.  It's  also got a famous  little quote  embedded in there: " water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink.'   That's  from 'The  Rime of the ancient mariner.'  It's  basically  just a reference  to the fact that there's  lots of salt water  around  but you can't  drink  any of it because  it will make you die faster than if you just don't  anything at drink. 

Thank you for visiting my blog.  I hope this blog useful to understand the poem.

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