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,
Water, Water Every Hare Water, Water Every Hare Water, Water Every Hare is a "Looney Tunes" cartoon released in 1952 featuring Bugs Bunny and Gossamer, with a similar premise to "Hair-Raising Hare". The title is a pun on the line "Water, water, everywhere / Nor any drop to drink" from the poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The cartoon is available on Disc 1 of the "". Much like in "Hair-Raising Hare", Bugs (after being flooded out of his rabbit hole while sleeping during a heavy rain) finds himself trapped in the castle of an "evil scientist" (the neon