The Rime of the Ancient Mariner to row. The pilot's boy goes crazy and laughs, thinking the mariner is the devil, and cries, "The Devil knows how to row". As penance for shooting the albatross, the mariner, driven by guilt, is forced to wander the earth, telling his story over and over, and teaching a lesson to those he meets: After relaying the story, the mariner leaves, and the wedding guest returns home, and wakes the next morning "a sadder and a wiser man". The poem received mixed reviews from critics, and Coleridge was once told by the publisher that most of the book's sales were
Rime of the Ancient Mariner (film) starting in April 2007 on DVD. The film was released to a responsive commercial market despite the fact that it has never been promoted or advertised. A review in the April 1986 edition of "Library Journal" called it "a must for schools, and an excellent choice for public libraries." DaSilva plans to have the film circulated worldwide where it has thus far not been released, believing Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s intrinsic message about the sanctity of all life on Earth is just as important today as it has ever been. Rime of the Ancient Mariner (film) Rime of the Ancient Mariner