The mysterious titular figure stops a man on his way to a wedding, telling him the story of his experiences in Antarctica and his senseless murder of an albatross.
It was more likely inspired by James Cook's South Sea voyages and hallucinogens than the English countryside. The mysterious titular figure stops a man on his way to a wedding, telling him the story of his experiences in Antarctica and his senseless murder of an albatross. For ten points, identify this work of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, a poem about an old sailor famously featuring the line "Water, water everywhere/ nor any drop to drink."
It was more likely inspired by James Cook's South Sea voyages and hallucinogens than the English countryside.
The {Rime of the Ancient Mariner}