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''[[The Rime of the Ancient Mariner]]'' by [[Samuel Taylor Coleridge]] is probably one of the [[Small Reference Pools|most-referenced]] pieces of [[Romanticism|Romantic]] poetry. Ever heard "''Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink''"? Yup, it's from here (although [[Beam Me Up, Scotty|in the original text it's ''nor any drop to drink'']]). It is a relatively long [[Narrative Poem]] about a disaster-prone ship, enclosed in a [[Framing Device]] where the sailor who cursed it is describing his travels to a guest outside a wedding. It's notable for its religious and naturalistic themes and for having a lot in common with Gothic literature. The poem is divided into 7 sections, each dealing with a different part of the Mariner's journey.
{{examples|References to ''The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'':}}▼
* The [[Iron Maiden]] [[Filk Song]] "Rime of the Ancient Mariner".▼
* The Mariner appears as a character in ''[[Keys to the Kingdom]]'' by Garth Nix.▼
* ''[[Serenity]]'' has an extended comparison between River and the albatross.▼
{{quote|'''Mal''': Yes, I've read a poem. Try not to faint.}}▼
* At the end of ''[[Animorphs]]'', Marco compares Jake's survivor guilt to "the Ancient Mariner and his albatross".▼
* One ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' sketch has a carnival vendor who has an albatross around his neck--because he's selling them.▼
* ''[[Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency]]'' uses this as a major plot point.▼
* The original ''[[Frankenstein (novel)|Frankenstein]]'' by [[Mary Shelley]] references the poem several times. At one point the narrator even explicitly says:▼
{{quote|"I am going to unexplored regions, to 'the land of mist and snow'; but I shall kill no albatross; therefore do not be alarmed for my safety or if I should come back to you as worn and woeful as the 'Ancient Mariner.'"}}▼
* Referenced a couple of times in ''[[Welkin Weasels]]''.▼
* Rather stealthily in ''[[Golden Sun]]: The Lost Age'', where you find a Djinni named Rime in the older part of Lemuria... home of the [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old|ancient]] mariner Piers.▼
* An old sailor tries to gull the Scotsman into hearing the story in ''[[Samurai Jack]]''.▼
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* [[Afterlife Express]]: A soul ship.
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* [[The Atoner]]: The Mariner, who wanders the world repeating his story to others as penance for his crime of shooting the albatross.
* [[Audience Surrogate]]: The Wedding-Guest is this. Essentially a blank slate who reacts to the Mariner's tale in much the same way as the reader.
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* [[Blondes Are Evil]]: Life-in-Death has "locks [as] yellow as gold"
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* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: The events of the poem occur because the Mariner kills an albatross.
* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]: The Ancient Mariner and the Wedding-Guest.
** Also the Pilot, his Son, Death, Life-in-Death, and in fact nearly every if not every named character.
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* [[The Grim Reaper]]: He fails to collect the Mariner's soul, so it instead goes to [[Fate Worse Than Death|Life-In-Death]].
* [[The Hermit]]: When the Mariner finally returns from his voyage, he begs the local religious hermit to shrive him.
* [[Hope Spot]]: "I bit my arm, I sucked the blood, And cried, A sail! a sail!"
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* [[Omniglot]]: The Mariner claims to "have strange power of speech" that allows him to talk to anyone who needs to hear his story.
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* [[Rule of Three]]: "There is an Ancient Mariner, and he stoppeth one of three..."
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* [[Ungrateful Bastard]]: The Mariner shoots the Albatross for completely unexplained reasons, despite the fact that the bird actually just lead them out of the glacial maze.
▲* [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic]]: The Pilot's boat is steered by His Son at one point. As in, the boat that frees us from our sins is piloted by the Son.
▲{{examples|References to ''The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'' include:}}
▲* The Mariner appears as a character in ''[[Keys to the Kingdom]]'' by Garth Nix.
▲* At the end of ''[[Animorphs]]'', Marco compares Jake's survivor guilt to "the Ancient Mariner and his albatross".
▲* ''[[Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency]]'' uses this as a major plot point.
▲* The original ''[[Frankenstein (novel)|Frankenstein]]'' by [[Mary Shelley]] references the poem several times. At one point the narrator even explicitly says:
▲{{quote|"I am going to unexplored regions, to 'the land of mist and snow'; but I shall kill no albatross; therefore do not be alarmed for my safety or if I should come back to you as worn and woeful as the 'Ancient Mariner.'"}}
▲* Referenced a couple of times in ''[[Welkin Weasels]]''.
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
▲* ''[[Serenity]]'' has an extended comparison between River and the albatross.
▲{{quote|'''Mal''': Yes, I've read a poem. Try not to faint.}}
▲* One ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' sketch has a carnival vendor who has an albatross around his neck--because he's selling them.
== [[Music]] ==
▲* The [[Iron Maiden]] [[Filk Song]] "Rime of the Ancient Mariner".
== [[Video Games]] ==
▲* Rather stealthily in ''[[Golden Sun]]: The Lost Age'', where you find a Djinni named Rime in the older part of Lemuria... home of the [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old|ancient]] mariner Piers.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[Wrong Hands]]'' presents [https://wronghands1.com/2024/03/01/the-rime-of-the-ancient-mariner-abridged/ ''The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'' (abridged)].
== [[Western Animation]] ==
▲* An old sailor tries to gull the Scotsman into hearing the story in ''[[Samurai Jack]]''.
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