Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “Kubla Khan” &

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Lisa Hager

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

1772-1834

Robert Southey1774-1843

William Wordsworth1770-1850

“Kubla Khan”

“Kubla Khan”

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Gustave Doré

Plate 8: I Shot the Albatross

1. Read the section (each person reads to a period or semicolon)

2. What happens in this section of the poem?

3. How does this section explore the idea of art or the poet?

4. Identify 2-4 lines that illustrate your answer to #3