The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Sound and devices

Onomatopoeia

Alliteration

Theme

Spiritual world

Retribution

Poetic Form

Ballad

Supernatural elements

Life-in-Death

Nature

The Albatross

Plot and conflict

Conflict: The Ancient Mariner kills an Albatross and the spiritual world in making him pay for his action by causing him psychological and physical problems to him and his shipmates.

Plot:The Ancient Mariner is telling the Wedding Guest that killed an Albatross and that now he is paying for his actions.

Point of view

Third person

Characters

Second Voice

First Voice

Hermit

Pilot's Boy

The Night-mare Life-in-Death

Death

The Sailors

Pilot

Wedding Guest

Ancient Mariner

Setting

The sea

Wedding Hall