YMMV / The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

• Fridge Brilliance: The Mariner speaks in such an archaic dialect because he never kept up with English. Keep in mind he's immortal and wanders the earth.
• Nightmare Fuel: This◊ illustration of Life-in-Death by Mervyn Peake (yes, the guy who wrote Gormenghast) is not something you should look at right before you go to sleep. You have been warned.
• Vindicated by History: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is one of the most referenced Romantic poems ever, to the point few people will know any others and a line from it is popularly (mis)quoted. When it was first released, Coleridge's publisher told him most of its sales were from sailors that mistook it for a naval songbook and many critics found its archaic dialect impenetrable to read (which led to Coleridge toning it down for a second edition).
• What Do You Mean, It's Not Symbolic?: The Pilot's boat is steered by His Son at one point. As in, the boat that frees us from our sins is piloted by the Son.

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