ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (originally The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere) is the longest major poem by the English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, written in 1797–1798 and published in 1798 in the first edition of Lyrical Ballads. Some modern editions use a revised version printed in 1817 that featured a gloss.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Rime of the Ancient Mariner was the first poem in the volume; it was inspired by British explorations of the polar regions and combined vivid nature imagery with the supernatural in a perplexing allegorical tale of redemption that has fascinated readers to the present day.

Detailed explanation-3: -Lyrical Ballad, Rhyming Quatrains This poem was included in the collection titled Lyrical Ballads published by Coleridge and William Wordsworth in 1798. Unlike some of the other works in the book, this one is actually more ballad than lyric.

Detailed explanation-4: -Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” is about a man on a voyage by ship, who in one impulsive and heinous act, changes the course of his life – and death. The Mariner faces an inner struggle over the crime he has committed, and must understand his actions and perform his penance.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Christabel, and Kubla Khan Coleridge is arguably best known for his longer poems, particularly The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Christabel.