The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Other Poems
by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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Author: Samuel Taylor ColeridgeBrand: Dover Publications
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1992-09-18
ISBN: 0486272664
Number of pages: 80
Publisher: Dover Publications
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Book Review: Fantastic collection at a fantastic price
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this for Christabel and I'm glad I finally got a chance to read it. I found it to be a bit racier than I expected! A quick (non-racy) excerpt to peak your interest:
Hush, beating heart of Christabel!
Jesu, Maria, shield her well!
She folded her arms beneath her cloak,
And stole to the other side of the oak.
What sees she there?
But of course The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is the star of this show. It is loaded with familiar lines, lines that take on real meaning in context of the overall poem. Best I can do is an excerpt:
I closed my lids, and kept them close,
And the balls like pulses beat;
For the sky and the sea, and the sea and the sky
Lay like a load on my weary eye,
And the dead were at my feet.
The cold sweat melted from their limbs,
Nor rot nor reek did they:
The look with which they looked at me
Had never passed away.
An orphan's curse would drag to hell
A spirit from on high;
But oh! more horrible than that
is the curse in a dead man's eye!
(And you thought that was from some pirate movie!) That is far from the most famous line in the poem, and if the poem is new to you, you may be surprised by familiar lines as you come across them. There are other poems in this volume with lines as memorable, if not as famous.
There is quite a lot in this little volume and for $2 it is a steal, especially if you qualify for free shipping!
Summary of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Other Poems
Great title poem plus "Kubla Khan," "Christabel," 20 other sonnets, lyrics, odes: "Sonnet: To a Friend who asked how I felt when the Nurse first presented my Infant to me," "Frost at Midnight," "The Nightingale," "The Pains of Sleep," "To William Wordsworth," "Youth and Age," many more. Alphabetical lists of titles and first lines.
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