Coleridge and “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”
Write a reflection in which you explain what this poem is about. Begin with a brief
summary of what happens in the poem (50 words). Then, consider more figurative,
metaphorical meanings such as: is it a Christian allegory? a hallucinatory nightmare? a
reckoning of man’s transgression against nature? an imaginative rendering of the
Romantic poet’s mind?