rhime of the ancient mariner

Imagination is one characteristic of romantic literature that is in this poem. In the poem, the Mariners ship mates died, then all of the sudden they came back to life and started working the ship. This couldn't happen in real life. There's also the part about the Mariner killing the bird with his crossbow. All that bad stuff that happened wouldn't happen just because he killed a bird. Another characteristic is idealism. It has idealism in it because it has to do with spirits a lot in this poem. The spirit loved the bird that the Mariner killed. The spirit then became angry, and the spirit was the one causing all the things to happen.
I think the theme of this poem is that when you try to fix something that you're guilty about. I believe this is true because the Mariner shot the bird and after that, him and all of the people on the ship were stuck out in the middle of the ocean and all dying of thirst. He was the only one that didn't die and he had to live with that guilt. He then started praying and they were things other than just himself. After he started praying, angels helped him control the ship and it ended up saving his life.