![]() ![]() ![]() The primary form of poetry, however, is still the long Epic poems. By this time people are already familiar with Shakespeare and Marlowe’s plays and Milton and Spencer’s poems. It’s late 1790s, and England, that pinnacle of western power, is undergoing a massive change and overturn in its social, economic and political spheres of life. Advertisements Flashback/ The Background: As for the oddities of the work, worry not! Englicist is here to clear things up. Which begs the question you might already be asking yourself: why in the world should we read it? So, let’s answer it at the very outset: we should consider it because, put it simply, it’s a poem that completely changed the art of Poetry and English Literature in general. ![]() But what is it really like to face the perils and misfortunes that befall these reckless men who undertake such bold adventures? This is what Coleridge’s ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ has to offer.Īs a poem it’s quite exciting but quite old, a bit long, and a little odd at times. There are numerous stories of adventure written in the literary world, almost all of them featuring a courageous hero who fights and overcomes all odds in his way. ![]()
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