Does Coleridge agree with the interpretation of the moral as given by the simple mariner, as seen in the ending stanzas? After this terrific bout with nature, and the deep messages which may be derived, the mariner ends the poem by simplistically saying that the moral is to just love all things. Yet the wedding guest seemed to get more from this, as he was "stunned" and brings thoughts of this tale to the next …showed first 75 words of 348 total…

…showed last 75 words of 348 total…flow with nature instead of against it. The maturation process of the mariner begins after he denies himself the imaginative luxury of enjoying nature, slaying the albatross. It ends after a period of punishment with the mariner's ship sinking, perhaps representative of his denial of physical means to be one with nature. Bibliography I am a college student who has just complete this short essay on my thoughts about "The Rime of the Ancent Mariner."