A simple explanation of “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” is that it tells the story of a mariner who is on a long voyage and runs into three men who are en route to a wedding. He proceeds to tell him a story about the albatross that he killed and that he must continue to tell the story throughout eternity.
Though the three men find this amusing at first, they note that the mariner’s fellow sailors are dying, and that he has managed to outlive the young. This offers some credibility to the notion that he must tell the story of his sin throughout eternity.
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