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This 222-Year-Old Poem Really Captures The Spirit Of 2020 (And Not Just Because Of COVID)

WORDS Posted: May 15, 2020 7:31 am

“Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,’ first published in 1798, is … the dream-poem of right now.” It’s currently appearing on YouTube in short daily installments read by a nebula of quirky stars (Jeremy Irons, Marianne Faithfull, Willem Dafoe, Hilary Mantel, Tilda Swinton, Iggy Pop, etc.), and James Parker explains why the project reflects our zeitgeist so well. – The Atlantic

WORDS Published: 05.13.20

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