and punishment is so elemental and passionately forged that it seems irrelevant to object that the sin of albatross-shooting is, actually, rather minor, and the horrific punishments disproportionate. The power of the story may well be founded on its symbolic relation to the poet's own sense of worthlessness and impotence, as expressed in a letter to his friend, John Morgan:from Carol Rumens: The Guardian: Books blog: Poem of the week: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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