A GOLDEN AGE OF EMPIRE

In 1837 Victoria become the queen of Great Britain. Her reign lasted up to 1901 and it is the longest sovereignty in British history.  This term is called as Victorian Age. Important Economic, social, political reformation came about during The Victorian Age in Britain. 

The British Empire has hit the highest point at this term, quarter of the world was covered by British Empire. Great innovation has occurred in technology. The amount of the middle class got bigger extremely. Great attention was given to Education, by the 1850's many people were educated. Indeed, the democratic rights started to take place, for instance the right to vote for citizens.

  

The most well known poet of the Victorian Age is Alfred Lord Tennyson,he wrote narrative poets. In addition Elizabeth Barrett Browning was the one of the important poets of this period, she wrote sonnets mostly about love, for their lyric beauty.   

THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is a poem written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 1797-1798. It is one of the most important and unique among Coleridge's works. It was written during the Romantic Period thus it reflects some factors of this term as well; nature, supernatural forces, sin, restoration and strong human emotions.  

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is about the venture of a sailor and his experiences.What the most important and affects me, is the lines; "Water, water, every where / Nor any drop to drink." Ancient Mariner and his friends are punished for his mistake.Water is all around them but it is completely undrinkable and they need water badly.These lines have been using frequently in order to refer situations in which one is enclosed by the thing one desires.