October 9: Mr. Monson Begins the Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Hello Everyone! Welcome to Mr. Monson's Lesson...

We're going to be starting a unit on Confusion today.

But I thought we were going to be reading The Rime of the Ancient Mariner?

We are, but you'll have to pay attention in class to get the connection.


Not a whole lot more to add here today other than some of the resources we'll be working with

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Audio)

Other Class Handouts:

Worksheet for lines 1-122

**BONUS MATERIAL**

History of the Author and the poem.
Mr. Monson's Highlights:

02:24 talks about Samuel Taylor Coleridge's partnership with another Romantic writer.
02:38 gives a brief overview of the poem.
04:12 talks about the metre and creativity of the poem.
05:12 their reason for writing.
10:41 He was an awful student and an addict.
20:04 until 33:25 gives an in depth analysis of the poem.

Then character descriptions can be found at:
18:31 -- Ancient Mariner
19:00 -- The Wedding Guest
19:30 -- The Crew
19:43 -- Albatross
19:55 -- The Hermit