The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
This poem is very vivid, as the poet describes some spectacular scenes. These are
often memorable in themselves but also stand for (symbolize) other things, for the
people in the poem as much as the reader, sometimes. Elsewhere comparisons are
made to describe things, as when the becalmed vessel is said to be “As idle as a
painted ship/Upon a painted ocean”. Find some of the more striking or memorable
images (there are lots of them!) and discuss the use the poet makes of them.
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