Coleridge's Ancient Mariner And Select Poems

By: Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

Coleridge's ancient mariner and select poems gathers narrative and lyrical verse that blends imagination, symbolism, and emotional intensity to explore guilt, wonder, and spiritual insight. The collection centers on a haunting sea journey shaped by transgression, consequence, and difficult redemption, using vivid imagery and rhythmic storytelling to create a powerful moral vision. Other included poems expand the focus to dreamlike experience, creative perception, and the mysterious force of inspiration. Across the volume, nature appears as both beautiful and overwhelming, reflecting inner turmoil and revelation. Supernatural elements are presented not simply for spectacle but to illuminate conscience, responsibility, and awe. The poetry frequently shifts between clarity and strangeness, encouraging reflective interpretation and emotional response. Musical language, symbolic landscapes, and visionary scenes work together to examine perception and belief. Many pieces contrast ordinary reality with altered states of awareness, suggesting that imagination can both disturb and enlighten. The overall effect is meditative and dramatic, presenting poetic experience as a path toward humility, insight, and renewed moral understanding through image, rhythm, and voice.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9378306349
• ISBN13: 9789378306341
• Release Date: March 2026
• Publisher: Double 9 Books
• Length: 110 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"