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How does S.T. Coleridge create and atmosphere of mystery in his poem 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'? In this poem an old sailor tells a story to a wedding guest. The story tells us about a voyage and how the sailor shoots the Albatross, the crew die and he gets back to his homeland. The title 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' creates a lot more mystery rather than 'The Story of the Old Sailor'. Part one In section one the ancient mariner stops just one of three people. This makes us ponder on why he just stopped one of three people. Also by talking in present tense it makes you feel as if you are actually in the poem. The contrast of an old man and a young man is quite strange as normally they would not have even talked. The Mariner is hypnotic because it says 'he holds him with...

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