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* Rime of the Ancient Mariner Parts 5-7 (due Monday)
- After Part the Sixth
- 3. Again the ancient Mariner cannot pray. Why not? Why can he pray again? What might this reflect about our own repentance?
- After Part the Seventh
- 4. Every vision of life on earth is, in some way, a vision of the good life. According to the Mariner, what is the good, sweet life? How does his understanding of the good life contrast to his experience on the ship?
- 5. According to the Mariner, what is essential to effective prayer? How might we restate his idea to be a general principle of approach to life that helps us remain in a ready state for prayer?
- 6. Who is a "sadder and a wiser man" at the end of the poem? Why would the person be sadder?
- 7. Application:
- Did you feel any sadder or wiser during or after reading this poem? Why or why not?
Notes: Taken From http://www.poetsgraves.co.uk/coleridge.htm
Epitaph
Stop, Christian passer-by!—Stop, child of God,
And read with gentle breast. Beneath this sod
A poet lies, or that which once seemed he.
O, lift one thought in prayer for S. T. C.;
That he who many a year with toil of breath
Found death in life, may here find life in death!
Mercy for praise—to be forgiven for fame
He asked, and hoped, through Christ. Do thou the same!
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S.T. Coleridge is buried in the aisle of St. Michael's Church, Highgate, London, England. He was originally buried at Old Highgate Chapel but was re-interred in St. Michael's Church in 1961. In 1796 Coleridge moved to Nether Stowey in Somerset. While here he met William Wordsworth who was living at Alfoxden House. This was the beginning of a fourteen year relationship which proved to be one of the most creative partnerships in English poetry. It was Wordsworth who suggested that Coleridge write The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. It was also at this time that Coleridge completed his opium inspired masterpiece Kubla Khan. In 1798 the pair published their ground breaking joint collection of work: Lyrical Ballads which was a forerunner of romanticism. |
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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In 1800 Coleridge moved to the Lake District to be
close to Wordsworth. By this stage his marriage to Sara Fricker was deteriorating
and he fell in love with Wordsworth's sister-in-law Sara Hutchinson.
By 1811 Coleridge had become increasingly reliant on
opium. This, combined with pressure of work, led to arguments with Wordsworth and
the irretrievable breakdown of their friendship.
In 1816 Coleridge sought
treatment for his opium addiction with
Highgate surgeon James Gillman. He moved into Gillman's house and remained
there until his death on 25 July 1834. This was a happier period in Coleridge's life
and he became known as the 'sage of Highgate'.
An autopsy, carried out on Coleridge's body at his own request, revealed that he had been suffering from an enlarged heart.
He wrote his own epitaph in the last year of his life.
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- Finish Journal: Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
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