There's a poem I read a long time back~ The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (by S.T.Coleridge): This poem haunted me a lot as a teenager...it built my early thoughts about life, crime, punishment and redemption.
Sometimes you commit mistakes in Life~ everyone does. Sometimes people just do things without thinking, sometimes they don't think of the consequences or sometimes they're just plain stupid. But when you commit a grave error, you might have to bear a fate worse than Death- you might have to carry the albatross around your neck for the rest of you godforsaken life!
The poem is a classis account of Sin and Restoration. One by one all the other sailors die, but our Mariner will not get death- he must live Life with the burden of the albatross, he must endure the cursing eyes of the fellow sailors' and wander on Earth in search of Redemption.
No further gyan from me about Life in this context- if you din't get it, read the poem again...
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Oh, I am a big fan of Coleridge. My fascination with him bordered on obsession. He was one of a long list of (now dead) men I wanted to marry :D
Have you read Christabel? Or Kubla Khan? Or Dejection:an ode? Awesome stuff!
Picked up a really pretty book of his poetry last week from the Crossword sale.
Nahi...have read bits of different poets...i esp love Milton's Paradise Lost...have never been able to finish it completely though :D
I like picking up non famous works of Browning, Arnold, Pope, Dryden...depends on wat kinda mood i am in :D
You should definitely read John Donne's works...mast hai :)
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