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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, a Rare card
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, written by English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 1797–98 and published in 1798 in the first edition of Lyrical Ballads, is a poem that recounts the experiences of a sailor who has returned from a long sea voyage.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 71
- DEF
- 72
- Power
- 143
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 320,000
Ranked #2,068 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the The Rime of the Ancient Mariner card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Some modern editions use a ______ version printed in 1817 that featured a gloss.
Answer
revised. Some modern editions use a revised version printed in 1817 that featured a gloss. From the The Rime of the Ancient Mariner article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
1999 Balearic regional election. 1999 Balearic regional election 77 · Carpathian Mountains 74 · The Rime of the Ancient Mariner 71 · Chinchilla 65 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Some modern editions use a revised version printed in 1817 that featured a gloss.
- The poem tells of the mariner stopping a man who is on his way to a wedding ceremony so that the mariner can share his story.
- The Wedding-Guest's reaction turns from amusement to impatience to fear to fascination as the mariner's story progresses, as can be seen in the language style, Coleridge uses narrative techniques such as personification and repetition to create a sense of danger, the supernatural, or serenity, depending on the mood in different parts of the poem.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The The Rime of the Ancient Mariner article was read about 320,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 71 and blocks with 72: each hit it takes is cut by 29 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Gustave Doré, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
