History YMMV / TheRimeOfTheAncientMariner

* FridgeBrilliance: 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.

* VindicatedByHistory: ''The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'' is one of the most referenced [[{{Romanticism}} Romantic]] poetry ever, to the point [[SmallReferencePools few people will known any others]] and a line from it is popularly ([[BeamMeUpScotty 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).

* VindicatedByHistory: ''Literature/TheRimeOfTheAncientMariner'' is one of the most referenced [[{{Romanticism}} Romantic]] poetry ever, to the point [[SmallReferencePools few people will known any others]] and a line from it is popularly ([[BeamMeUpScotty 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).

** Except the Wedding Guest uses just as many 'thee's and 'thou's at the few points where he says anything.

* NightmareFuel: [[http://www.mervynpeake.org/gallery/0235.jpg This]] illustration of Life-in-Death by Merwyn Peake (yes, the guy who wrote ''Literature/{{Gormenghast}}'') is not something you should look at right before you go to sleep. [[SchmuckBait You have been warned]].

** Except the Wedding Guest uses just as many 'thee's and 'thou's at the few points where he says anything.
** Let's not forget that this poem was written way back in the 1700s, so that may just have been normal speech of the day.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: 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.