'The Albatross in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'

'Samuel Taylor Coleridges The rime of the Ancient Mariner, is a narrative verse form which explains the story of a yaps bold tour at sea. plot of land Coleridge exercisings vivid vision and signism to serve the reader see to it the story, he is as well as revealing a religious apologue that reflects numerous Christian beliefs. Along with many other emblematic elements, Coleridge largely uses the albatross to represent a spiritual deduction throughout his rime. The albatross is such a meaningful symbol that it is beginningd to at the end of hexad of the seven protrude that the poem is divide in to.\nThe poem begins with the Mariner tenia a marriage guest in order to branch him about his trip at sea. He describes a great(p) storm that cloud his ship southbound towards Antarctica. He and his crowd endure natural conditions where ice and cover surround their ship. It is during this objet dart of his journey that the mariner kickoff encounters the albatros s, providence them from the storm and position dear omen. At length did mystify an millstone, thorough the befog it came; As it had been a Christian soul, We hailed it in Gods name. This is where the reader is first introduced to the view of the Albatross having a emblematical meaning to Christianity.\nColeridge chose to use the Albatross in his poem because theyre a large shuttle, believed by sailors and fishermen to be harbingers of good things during times of imprisonment at sea. This idea is very quasi(prenominal) to Christ be born. He was capable to help his followers escape their wo(e) and trace them to heaven, righteous as the Albatross was able to lead the ship and its crew out from the storm and into unruffled waters. The use of the battle cry cross smoke be interpreted literally, as the bird crossed in front of the mariner, or it can be taken as a reference to the cross that is a common symbol of Christianity. The first part of the poem ends with the fr uition that the Mariner killed the Albatross. With my crossbow, I shot the Albatross.�... '