The Rime of the Ancient Mariner autobiographical portrait of Coleridge himself, comparing the mariner's loneliness with Coleridge's own feelings of loneliness expressed in his letters and journals. In addition to being referred to in several other notable works, due to the popularity of the poem the phrase "albatross around one's neck" has become an English language idiom referring to "a heavy burden of guilt that becomes an obstacle to success". Monty Python's "Albatross Sketch" in which an irascible movie-theatre refreshment vendor tries to sell a single albatross from a tray around his neck, is a parody of Coleridge's description of the Mariner. The phrase "Water, water,
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