This poem begins with a long Latin epigraph concerning the multitude of "invisible creatures" that inhabit the world, and it is sometimes published with scholarly notes typed into the margins which seem designed to confuse rather than enlighten the reader.
This poem begins with a long Latin epigraph concerning the multitude of "invisible creatures" that inhabit the world, and it is sometimes published with scholarly notes typed into the margins which seem designed to confuse rather than enlighten the reader. The protagonist is finally rescued by a Pilot, his son, and a Hermit, but not before encountering Life-in-Death, dreaming of a spirit "nine fathoms deep" following his ship, and seeing his 50 sailors die while his ship is stranded without winds. FTP, what is this poem about a sailor who shoots an albatross by Samuel Taylor Coleridge?
This poem begins with a long Latin epigraph concerning the multitude of "invisible creatures" that inhabit the world, and it is sometimes published with scholarly notes typed into the margins which seem designed to confuse rather than enlighten the reader.
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner