FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
POETRY
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Question
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A funeral
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A wedding
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Market
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To the races
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Detailed explanation-1: -A poem by S. T. Coleridge, published 1798 in Lyrical Ballads. An ancient mariner meets three gallants on their way to a marriage feast, and detains one of them in order to recount his story.
Detailed explanation-2: -The ship, called the Speedwell, was later lost at Juan Fernandez Island. Others say the poem was inspired by a dream that Coleridge’s friend, George Cruikshank had after reading Thomas James’s Strange and Dangerous Voyage.
Detailed explanation-3: -On an icebound ship near the South Pole, the mariner and his crew are visited by an albatross, considered a favourable omen. The ship breaks free of the ice and sails north, followed by the giant bird. Then, inexplicably, the mariner shoots and kills it, bringing a curse upon the vessel.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Mariner wakes up beside the dead sailors and the ship moves steadily onward, eventually arriving at the Mariner’s home.