What are the Romantic Elements in 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'

Romantic Elements in 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'

 

Though we are asked to find out Romantic elements of the poem entitled 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner', I think it is better to have a light idea about romanticism. "Romanticism is derived from the word 'romance'. It means to give full play imagination. It refers to the Romantic Movement in late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. This movement is indicated by C. H. Herford as the liberty of imagination without the flight of imaginative sensibility we may have anything else except romanticism.

 

Supernatural Elements in the Poem "Kubla Khan"

"Kubla Khan" as a Supernatural Poem

 

In English Literature Coleridge is one of the extraordinary writers of Romantic Movement. His contemplations are philosophical. In any case, his style is straightforward and clear. His unique field is Supernaturalism. He expounds on extraordinary components and occasions and depicts what is inconspicuous and past nature. However, he portrays them so that they seem regular and life like. In the field of world English Literature supernaturalism makes Samuel Taylor Coleridge unique.

 

Coleridge's Kubla Khan is the best example of unadulterated verse, an outcome of sheer fancy. It is a fantasy rhyme, a rhyme of unadulterated enchantment. The Poem embodies Coleridge's dominance over powerful poetry.

 

Critical Appreciation of Coleridge's "Dejection: An Ode".

Coleridge's Poem "Dejection: An Ode", Critical Appreciation:

 

In 1802 Samuel Taylor Coleridge written the poem "Dejection: An Ode". Original form of the poem "Dejection: An Ode" was written to Sara Hutchinson, a lady who was not his wife and converses his feelings of love for her.

   

Dejection: An Ode is the swan song of S.T. Coleridge. It is a very sad poem. In the poem the poet mourns his spiritual and moral losses. It records a fundamental change in his life and it is a lament on the decline of his creative imagination.

 

"Dejection: An Ode", Critical Appreciation:

 

As we go through the poem, we see that the poet sees in a tranquil night the old Moon in the lap of the new Moon. The poet sees that the moon is overspread with phantom light. It suggests the death of his poetic imagination which is the central theme of the poem.

 

 

Discuss "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" as a Lyrical Ballad.

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner as a Lyrical Ballad:

 

The form of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is that of a ballad. A ballad is a narrative song poem, usually relating a single, dramatic incident, in a form suitable for singing. There are two types of ballads: folk ballads (whose authors are unknown) and literary ballads written by modern poets, in imitation of the folk ballads. Folk ballads are characterized by simplicity of language, terseness of expression, directness of narration, abrupt transitions, the use of archaic words and repetition of phrases and lines to achieve a cumulative effect. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is one of the best literary ballads of English language.

 

The Poem, “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” as a Narrative Poem in the Ballad Tradition:

 

In The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Coleridge here combines many of the features of the old form with the modern. Some of these may be noted here.

 

Consider “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” is a Poem of Crime and Punishment?

“The Rime of theAncient Mariner” is the greatest achievement of S.T Coleridge. The whole story of the poem is based on the theme of crime committed by a mariner and the punishment which he had to undergo after the act of crime. In fact, the poem is an allegory of guilt and regeneration.

 

"Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is a Poem of Crime and Punishment:

As we go through the poem we find that the Ancient Mariner wantonly killed the Albatross, which was a bird of good omen, and which signifies the violation of the sanctified relations of the host ad guest. It is a symbolic representation of the essential frivolity of many crimes against humanity and the ordered system of the world.

 

The Mariner’s two hundred shipmates partake his guilt because they approve of his misdeed by saying that the Mariner was right to kill the Albatross which brought fog and mist. Thus the whole crew including the Mariner was guilty to be punished.  So the ship is suddenly becalmed. The sun shone directly overhead. Their supply of drinking water was finished. There was water everywhere around them but they had no a drop to drink.