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What does the Albatross symbolize in the rime of the ancient mariner?

April 26, 2017Albatross ancient mariner rime

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What does the Albatross symbolize in the rime of the ancient mariner?

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The albatross is supposed to have supernatural powers, and by some to be the souls of dead sailors. They guarantee a fair wind. After the sailor in the poem shot the albatross they lost all chance of a fair wind and were blown off course and then left drifting without a wind in the hot sun.