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
Joseba Sarrionandia and irony. Atxaga speculates on a fifth phase, based on the poem "La vida ha llegado y tiene tus ojos," where the "life that has arrived" could be a child. He has translated books by Samuel Taylor Coleridge ("The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"), Constantine P. Cavafy, T. S. Eliot, Manuel Bandeira, Fernando Pessoa ("Marinela"), Marcel Schwob ("La Croisade des enfants"), Dolf Verroen ("Slaaf kindje slaaf") and various literary works of fifty different languages. Joseba Sarrionandia Joseba Sarrionandia Uribelarrea (Iurreta, Biscay, April 13, 1958 – ) is a Basque writer who has published a large number of books of poetry