The ancient mariner by st coleridge5/7/2023 ![]() There’s also a theory that the old man who speaks at the start of the Rime of the Ancient Mariner may have been Fletcher Christian who led the mutiny onboard the HMS Bounty in 1789. This account refers to an old man who had been shipwrecked and survives thanks to angels piloting the ship. ![]() 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. ![]() The ship, called the Speedwell, was later lost at Juan Fernandez Island. Shelvocke writes of an incident when his second in command shot an albatross, which had been following the ship for several days. The ancient mariner didn’t exist but it’s likely that Coleridge was inspired by a conversation with fellow poet William Wordsworth, who had recently read George Shelvocke's A Voyage Round the World. The seaman, who is the ancient mariner of the title, then roams the world retelling the tale of his cursed journey. Rime of the Ancient Mariner tells of the misfortunes of a seaman who shoots an albatross, which spells disaster for his ship and fellow sailors. ![]() ![]() Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge was first published in 1798 and is one of the most famous poems in the English language. ![]()
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