The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner: Metaphors 1 key example

Definition of Metaphor

A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two different things by saying that one thing is the other. The comparison in a metaphor can be stated explicitly, as... read full definition
A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two different things by saying that one thing is the other. The comparison in a metaphor... read full definition
A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two different things by saying that one thing is the other... read full definition

Key Examples in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Part IV
Explanation and Analysis—A Spring of Love:

In Part IV, as the Mariner admires the water-snakes, he feels a "spring of love" gushing from his heart:

A spring of love gusht from my heart, 

And I bless'd them unaware!

Sure my kind saint took pity on me,

And I bless'd them unaware.