The Rime of the Ancient Mariner 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." George Whalley, in his 1946–47 essay, "The Mariner and the Albatross", suggests that the Ancient Mariner is an
Dick Stuart a reference to an opening line in the Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner: specifically, "It is an ancient mariner, And he stoppeth one of three". Curiously, despite his well-documented defensive struggles, on June 28, 1963, Stuart became the first first-baseman in major league history to record three assists in one inning. The bulk of Stuart's career—including by far his most productive years—was spent with the Pirates and the Red Sox. He hit 228 home runs in his Major League Baseball career (tied for 277th all-time as of 10/01/2018), with a batting average of .264. He