Who is the author of 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' ?

Correct answer: B. S. T. Coleridge

  • A. William Wordsworth
  • B. S. T. Coleridge
  • C. W. Somerset Maugham
  • D. Sir Walter Scott

Explanation

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s major Romantic ballad, first published in Lyrical Ballads in 1798. Its supernatural voyage and mariner’s curse are central features of the poem.

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