nguage to enthral the reader as the enchanting tale of the ancient mariner is worked. A truly brilliant piece of writing, Coleridge does not let us down at the finish, producing a marvellous ending.‘ He went like one that hath been stunned, And is of sense forlorn: A sadder and a wiser man, He rose the morrow morn. ’The wedding guest represents us, the readers whose spirits have been held captive by the ballad and now, released, emerge fuller and richer from the experience. ...