"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Parts 1 & 2" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (poetry reading)

[TheCrazyhorse131]

<3 i love your voice, How many years have you? ... Is the voice modified?



[kterbo]

I like how this is recited!! Much better than the other youtube videos!

[mikepalomino]

Potentially stupid question: Is it possible that in the 18-19th century, the word "mariner" rhymed with "hear" (i.e., mah-rin-neer)? Perhaps I shouldn't allow myself to be bothered by the lack of rhyming :)

[SpokenVerse]

@mikepalomin It is hard to tell. Sometimes you can find an instance where it a line doesn't scan or rhyme, which makes it obvious. "uTENsil was once pronounced "utenSIL", for instance, because there's a line in Wordsworth that makes it apparent. By the way, Brithsh submarine crew like to be called sub-mariners whereas Americans prefer submarine-ers.

[mikepalomino]

@SpokenVerse Excellent. Thank you for the response!

[eclectorsdevices]

Ii is called "poetic license"

[PappyStu]

Bravo... faved and subbed

[johneunson]

this is wonderful. something in this poem reminds me of moby dick. maybe it is the sea theme, but the underlying evil is similar. thank you.

[Idlinfarm]

Wonderful poem, wonderfully read. Thank you.

[battlebauble]

Excellent! You paint the picture beautifully and effectively with this dramatic reading. Thanks!

[mistacramer]

I always loved this poem and am so glad to hear your soulful reading of it. I discovered it in the novel "Frankenstein."