The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Rime of the Ancient Mariner—can anyone help me answer this question?

At the end of his epic, romantic poem, Coleridge's Wedding Guest is so stunned by what he has heard that he skips the wedding he is supposed to attend and goes to bed. Coleridge notes that when he rises the next morning he is a "sadder and a wiser" (658) man.

Clearly, the Ancient Mariner has taught the wedding guest about the power of love. But, he has also taught the Wedding Guest something else. Two questions:

1. Why doesn't the Wedding Guest stay to witness the wedding (love)?

2. Why is he sad?

Respond in a well organized 4-7 paragraph, AP style essay. You need a strong specific thesis that answers the question and explores the MOWAW. Further you need multiple literary devices and quotes to support your logical sequence of proof paragraphs.

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I can't write your essay for you but I can comment. Certainly the Mariner's story is about love for all God's creatures as well as regret. We never know exactly why the wedding guest is so moved but perhaps the guest had issues similar to the mariner. Perhaps the love in the wedding pales to God's love for all creatures. Coleridge was part of the romantics and his poems were meant to stir the soul.

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