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Samuel Taylor Coleridge and “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”

Samuel Taylor Coleridge and “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”. Spoiled Boy . Born in 1772 Youngest of 14 children, but only four survived Father died when he was 9, sent to school in London Considered a genius Grew to have lifelong problems. Plagued by problems.

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge and “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”

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  1. Samuel Taylor Coleridge and “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”

  2. Spoiled Boy • Born in 1772 • Youngest of 14 children, but only four survived • Father died when he was 9, sent to school in London • Considered a genius • Grew to have lifelong problems

  3. Plagued by problems • Cambridge University drop out • Failed American intellectual colony • Failed marriage • Failed health – asthma and rheumatism • Drug addicted – addicted to painkillers • Failed friendship – with Wordsworth

  4. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner • “a willing suspension of disbelief for the moment.” • Literary ballad • Tells a story • Real and supernatural events • Lots of sound devices • Wrote with Wordsworth and published in Lyrical Ballads

  5. Plot • An old sailor interrupts a wedding to tell a strange tale from the sea to a wedding guest • Tale of guilt and penance required for anyone who sins against nature. • Archaic language, set in medieval times.

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