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Question: Can somebody tell me what The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is about in a nutshell!?
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A mariner recounts the story of a life changing voyage on which he impiously shot an albatross--a sacred bird--with his crossbow, suffered for it, and learns to love "all creatures great and small!." He is condemned to repeat his take of treachery and suffering as penance for having sinned!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I have a comprehensive knowledge of Coleridge's classic, but unfortunately for you I am too large to fit in a nutshell!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Yup!. That about covers it apart from the fact that he tells it to a poor guy going into a wedding and half bores him to death!.Www@QuestionHome@Com