“Rime of the Ancient Mariner” Echoes the Changing Tides, at Word for Word, S.F.
Millennial Notes Coleridge’s Popular Poem Embodied by Seaworthy Actors by Carly Van Liere A contemporary environmentalist easily sees the logic of Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem, “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.” A cursed Mariner has killed an Albatross, and must wear its corpse around his neck, forever. The sea wreaks havoc on the ship’s…