There is a school of thought that you are not the first to notice this, but a young writer and journalist named Thomas De Quincey also knew, and wrote, challenging Coleridge in newspapers of the day, however opium addiction rendered his words as unbelievable. He did however write often about Coleridge, including in Confessions of an English Opium Eater (1821).
Coleridge's early years are poorly documented in some respects, but it is known that in his youth he associated with a fellow student, Albert Ross, who died in unusual circumstances...
Have you been to the village of Watchet, the village that supposedly inspired the poem? It’s an odd little place with a vast history, considering its size and location, where the odd murder would be unnoticed and could easily be blamed on sea fowl and magic or involve bad beer and antiques, there’s lots of antiques.
While we're at it, let's investigate Coleridge's death, yes? There's this American fella called Edgar, maybe he ratiocinated the whole thing and got rid of the poet/serialkiller, burying his heart under the floorboards or walling him in, like in a cellar full of salpetre? I'm totally getting his vibe in YOUR telling of the story, starting with "Through a combination of circumstances I can’t now recall" ... that sounds suspiciously Poe-esque. Hmmm.
Thanks for the laughter. I needed it. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner....ugh. I couldn't make myself to read it from the beginning to end. Now, with your theory, I just might 😀
I have read that Coleridge was a heavy drug user and I suspect that he's not the only one. By the way, have you perused Iron Maiden's interpretation of this work?
Is there any evidence that visitor who interrupted him halfway through Kubla Khan ever made it back to Porlock? The timeline checks out, and he definitely had motive and opportunity. I'd start there.
I think you may be spending too much time trying to understand the MAGA conspiracy theories. This sounds unsettlingly like a screed from Marjorie Taylor Greene. But Biden is not old enough to blame... maybe his great grandfather was involved?
Or maybe it was just ‘A vision in a dream’?
There is a school of thought that you are not the first to notice this, but a young writer and journalist named Thomas De Quincey also knew, and wrote, challenging Coleridge in newspapers of the day, however opium addiction rendered his words as unbelievable. He did however write often about Coleridge, including in Confessions of an English Opium Eater (1821).
Coleridge's early years are poorly documented in some respects, but it is known that in his youth he associated with a fellow student, Albert Ross, who died in unusual circumstances...
Have you been to the village of Watchet, the village that supposedly inspired the poem? It’s an odd little place with a vast history, considering its size and location, where the odd murder would be unnoticed and could easily be blamed on sea fowl and magic or involve bad beer and antiques, there’s lots of antiques.
While we're at it, let's investigate Coleridge's death, yes? There's this American fella called Edgar, maybe he ratiocinated the whole thing and got rid of the poet/serialkiller, burying his heart under the floorboards or walling him in, like in a cellar full of salpetre? I'm totally getting his vibe in YOUR telling of the story, starting with "Through a combination of circumstances I can’t now recall" ... that sounds suspiciously Poe-esque. Hmmm.
Thanks for the laughter. I needed it. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner....ugh. I couldn't make myself to read it from the beginning to end. Now, with your theory, I just might 😀
I have read that Coleridge was a heavy drug user and I suspect that he's not the only one. By the way, have you perused Iron Maiden's interpretation of this work?
Is there any evidence that visitor who interrupted him halfway through Kubla Khan ever made it back to Porlock? The timeline checks out, and he definitely had motive and opportunity. I'd start there.
yeah nah perfect rebuttal/retelling for the tictokers; also, what the hey a dead bird at sea.
I think you may be spending too much time trying to understand the MAGA conspiracy theories. This sounds unsettlingly like a screed from Marjorie Taylor Greene. But Biden is not old enough to blame... maybe his great grandfather was involved?
Look, if you just want someone to go to the pub with you only have to say so.
LMAO "Old times Cancel Culture" is my new favorite catch phrase. Thanks for that!
I was set this bloody poem for my GCSE English Lit exam. If only I'd interpreted it in this fashion I might have got myself the coveted U grade.
I laughed. Then I laughed. And then I laughed again. And so on.
I hope you were listening to Iron Maiden rendering of this while you came up with this theory…?
Coleridge was an opium addict- maybe he killed them under the influence?