What is the moral of the poem'Rime of the ancient Mariner?

Question

The moral of the poem.

Answer 1

To understand the moral of "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" one must grasp the meaning of Romanticism, an era that emphasized the purity and beauty of nature. A few Romantic ideals include the sublime (a sense of awe related to nature), the natural goodness in humanity, and inspiration related to the natural world and the supernatural. Romanticists believed that God and the natural world are connected because everyone and everything is created by God. In the beginning of the Mariner's tale, what was the sin he committed when he shot the albatross? How did this inciting incident relate to the natural and supernatural world? In the rising action, as he and the rest of his crew were suffering, how did he react to seeing the sea serpents at first? How did his attitude change toward the sea serpents later on and how did this change allow the Mariner to finally be able to pray and lose the albatross? How are the sea serpents connected to the natural and the supernatural? What transformation did the Mariner undergo during his penance and how did his transformation prompt him to tell his tale to others? What do you think the Mariner was trying to tell the Wedding Guest at the end of the poem? The Mariner states, "He prayeth best, who loveth best / All things both great and small; / For the dear God who loveth us, / He made and loveth all" (Coleridge lines 614-17).