The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Rime of the Ancient Mariner, #1) (Bard Book Ys432) (Dover Thrift Editions)

by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Millicent Rose

Doré's engravings for The Rime are considered by many to be his greatest work. The terrifying space of the open sea, the storms and whirlpools of an unknown ocean, the hot equatorial seas swarming with monsters, the ice of Antarctica, more — are all rendered in a powerful manner. Full text and 38 plates.

• ISBN10: 0486223051
• ISBN13: 9780486223056
• Publish Date: 1 February 2000 (first published 26 June 1970)
• Publish Status: Transferred
• Out of Print: 26 July 2023
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Dover Publications Inc.
• Edition: New edition
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 77
• Language: English

Reviews

[kalventure]

“Ah! well a-day! what evil looks
Had I from old and young!
Instead of the cross, the Albatross
About my neck was hung.”

I cannot believe that it took me so long to read this poem! The albatross is a symbol that is seen across literature, and it was about time that I read it

The prose and meter of this poem is magnificent, reminding me a bit of [b:Annabel Lee|178911|Annabel Lee|Edgar Allan Poe|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1172464693s/178911.jpg|1632052] by Edgar Allan Poe. Told in seven parts, the lines flow from the tongue and beg to be read aloud -- so I read them to my cat. I think that she enjoyed it.

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