The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner: Genre 1 key example

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Explanation and Analysis—Romantic Poetry:

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner stands as a representative example of the English lyrical ballad, making its debut in the 1798 edition of Coleridge and Wordsworth's aptly titled poetry collection, Lyrical Ballads. Defined by its narrative nature, a lyrical ballad blends elements of lyric and dramatic poetry. In Coleridge's rendition, the poem follows the ballad structure, predominantly featuring quatrains with a consistent ABCB rhyme scheme, where the second and fourth lines rhyme.