The Ancient Mariner

The Ancient Mariner -

the narrator (function of the narrator/role) o  the ancient mariner, explicit narrator, + 2 voices, + poet

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the poet (rolle, relations) o Italics  comments, try to explain what’s happening => message drawn parallels to the romanticism. (shows his attitude to the natural world)

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themes : 1) nature – from the romanticism point of view “nature is hole” => makes it possible to reach a higher” divine level”, the spirits represent something in nature. 2) Religion – supernational elements (second voices, frist voices, albatross  the omen). 3) justice – crime => punishment => justice - when he blesses the sea snakes => refine harmony (love nature involuntary)

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the structure o sometimes it follows a special pattern, it’s symmetrical  chiasm (used for elegance), also with alliterations, stanza  often 4 verses, rhyme  a-b-c-b, metre  ballad-metre (very supernational), pacing, “home-abroad-home”, o frame story: the wedding (beginning of a new life  religious ceremony of union) o main story: a development – carries on the mood of religious initiation.

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The language o Uses archaic (old-fashioned) spellings of standard words, eks. Thou, thy, stopp’st, hath etc.