Ancient Mariner; Kubla Khan and Christabel

The longest important poem by English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (originally The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere) was composed around 1797 and initially appeared in the first edition of Lyrical Ballads in 1798. The version used in modern publications is a later revision printed in 1817 with a gloss. It was a significant transition to contemporary poetry and the start of British Romantic literature along with other works in Lyrical Ballads.One of the most well-known pieces of Romantic-era poetry Kubla Khan was never finished. This amusing portrayal of Xanadu the capital of Kublai Khans empire by Samuel Coleridge serves as a remarkable and in-depth illustration of the poets creative genius. Samuel Coleridge wrote Kubla Khan after waking from an opium-induced dream in which he saw and experienced the realities of the great Mongol rulers capital city. Immediately after waking up from his dream Coleridge started writing what he remembered of it with the intention of composing 200–300 lines. Soon after Coleridge was disturbed and as his recall of the dream waned he was finally unable to finish the poem. Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote the lengthy narrative poem Christabel in two sections. In Christabel a woman named Christabel serves as the main character. She meets Geraldine a stranger who claims to have been kidnapped from her home by a group of violent guys. Christabel feels sorry for her and brings her home with her; yet paranormal omens seem to suggest that everything is not well.