The conflict of the narrative poem begins when the mariner shoots the albatross who had just led the ship to safety. Not only is the ship’s crew angry with him but the mariner also faces the wrath of the spirits who seek to punish him for this act.

The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner, 1798 The mariner tells his story to a man on his way to a wedding. He describes how he killed an albatross: turning point. Brings bad luck to the ship: the crew blame the mariner for their misfortunes; the good weather, then, make the crew change their minds.

There may be some disagreement as to where the precise climax of this haunting and mysterious poem lies, but to my mind the climax occurs in Part IV of the poem when the Mariner is finally able to rid himself of the sign of guilt that has hung around his neck since he shot the albatross and killed it towards the …

Sin and repentance are the central themes of “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.” The Mariner commits a terrible sin when he kills the albatross, one of God’s beloved creatures. He spends the rest of his life trying to atone for his sin through his suffering and humility.

An annoying burden: “That old car is an albatross around my neck.” Literally, an albatross is a large sea bird. The phrase alludes to Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” in which a sailor who shoots a friendly albatross is forced to wear its carcass around his neck as punishment.

A week after Jaeger’s feat, Jim Furyk became the first golfer in PGA Tour history to shoot 58, hitting that number in the final round of the Travelers Championship. For the tournament, the TPC River Highlands course played 6,820 yards and to a par of 70.

F wedge (also “Fairway wedge, A wedge, Approach wedge, Gap wedge” and others) typically the same thing as a gap wedge, around 52 degrees of loft (names of clubs and specifications vary between manufacturers – see also wedges and their names)

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