All about "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"

After learning about romanticism, it is pretty obvious that the poem “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” is written by the one and only Samuel Coleridge. Usually people only take the time to learn only the obvious, the authors name and title of the poem. But just like everything else, there’s always more to learn. Before the poem was even published, the original title of the poem was intended to be “The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere.” This poem is by far the longest poem that Samuel Coleridge has ever written in his life. Rime of the Ancient Mariner was written between the years of 1797–1798, finally being published in the year of 1798. After the poem was written and published, it was in the first edition of Lyrical Ballads. Supposedly Samuel Coleridge was working together with famous romantic poet William Wordsworth to narrate such a great poem like this. Coleridge was motivated to write the poem by a man named James Cook’s voyage of exploration. Some critics believe that the poem was inspired after Thomas James’ voyage. While some believe it was moved by John Newton, and a bunch of other sailors. Overall, no one will know where his inspiration to write the poem came from. Not only is the poem “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” a popular poem to see in an English class, but also in various television shows, books and also movies. Who would have ever known that we would have learned something about romanticism in Looney Tunes? Not only will you be able to find “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” references in movies, books and TV shows, but you’ll always be able to find it in songs as well. Just like in any other romantic’s poet’s poems, love and nature are what the poets are striving for. In Coleridge’s poem “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” he strived to write about nature. After reading this post, I hope that you learned more about the poem than just the title and who it’s written by.