a violation of nature is the central idea of the poem the rime of ancient mariner.
a violation of nature is the central idea of the poem the rime of ancient mariner.
what is the central idea of the poem the rime of ancient mariner?
a violation of nature
on a surface level the poem explores a violation of nature and the resulting psychological effects on the mariner and on all those who hear him. according to jerome mcgann the poem is like a salvation story. the poem's structure is multi-layered text based on coleridge's interest in higher criticism. "like the iliad or paradise lost or any great historical product, the "rime" is a work of transhistorical rather than so-called universal significance. this verbal distinction is important because it calls attention to a real one. like the divine comedy or any other poem, the "rime" is not valued or used always or everywhere or by everyone in the same way or for the same reasons."
the rime of the ancient mariner
the iron maiden song "rime of the ancient mariner" from their fifth studio album "powerslave" (1984) was inspired by and based on the poem, and quotes the poem in its lyrics.









































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bullet::::- gardner, martin, "the annotated ancient mariner", new york: clarkson potter, 1965; reprinted by prometheus books, 19??,









































bullet::::- john livingston lowes, "the road to xanadu – a study in the ways of the imagination", houghton mifflin, 1927









































bullet::::- scott, grant f. "'the many men so beautiful': gustave doré's illustrations to 'the rime of the ancient mariner,'" "romanticism" 16.1 (2010): 1–24.









































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