Which English Romantic poet composed the haunting supernatural narrative poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and the visionary fragment Kubla Khan?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Step 1: Samuel Taylor Coleridge explored psychological guilt and the supernatural through symbolic ballads. Step 2. The Ancient Mariner tells of a sailor who shoots an albatross and endures spectral torment on the high seas. Answer: Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Why not the others: Wordsworth focused on nature; Southey was Lake Poet laureate; Blake was an early visionary engraver and mystic.
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