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Undoubtedly Coleridge’s "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is one of the most powerfully vivid pieces of writing in all of English literature. It is the use of a regular rhyming scheme, repetition, changes in rhythm, and most importantly, the use of language ,within ....

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.... the same time stressing the unnatural and mysteries nature of the ballad. "With throats unslacked, with black lips baked, We could nor laugh nor wail" The disturbing physical image the Mariner presents is a result of the severe and unrelenting punishment he has sustained due to the shooting of an albatross; a sadistic, wanton act of cruelty, completely without motive. Due to this sin, the Mariner is thrust into the horrors of his penance. In such a way it seems as if the Ballad is a human truth, a spiritual journey of some-sort during which a sin is committed, punishment is delivered, and thus with the recognition of that sin (self-awareness) r ....