Poets & Writers
Published on Poets & Writers (https://www.pw.org)

Home > The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner [1]

Poetry [2]
11.13.12

On November 13, 1797, poets William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge took a walk together in The Quantock Hills in Somerset, England, and came up with the idea of writing what would become Coleridge's famous poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." In honor of this anniversary, find time for a thirty-minute walk today, ideally in a natural setting. Afterward, freewrite for ten minutes, then use those notes to compose a poem.  


Source URL:https://www.pw.org/content/the_rime_of_the_ancient_mariner_0

Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/content/the_rime_of_the_ancient_mariner_0 [2] https://www.pw.org/genre/poetry