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Aaron Lewis in the song "Lost and Lonely" sings about "I'm an albatross hanging around my own neck". Aesop Rock references the albatross on the song "Dorks" The band Alter Bridge references wearing an albatross around one's neck in the song "Wouldn't You Rather" from the album Walk the Sky. The band Badflower references the albatross in the ...
The discussion had turned to a book that Wordsworth was reading, [7] that described a privateering voyage in 1719 during which a melancholy sailor, Simon Hatley, shot a black albatross. [b] Commemorative statue at Watchet, Somerset: the albatross hangs on a rope looped around the ancient mariner's neck.
The song "Albatross" by Wild Beasts re-tells the story of the poem. [citation needed] American punk band Alesana's song "Heavy Hangs the Albatross" is named in reference to the poem. [citation needed] The Big Wreck song "Albatross" alludes to the poem, particularly via the lyric "I'll wear the albatross for one more day". [citation needed]
“The Albatross” explores the public stigma of being attached to Swift, who seem to cast herself and her fame as the albatross around her partner’s neck.
Mostly thanks to the fact that an albatross is defined by good ol' Merriam Webster as "something that causes persistent deep concern or anxiety" and "something that greatly hinders accomplishment."
The word “albatross” has multiple meanings and can refer to either an oceanic bird (often residing in Australia, where Swift made her announcement), a source of frustration and guilt or a ...
The albatross as a superstitious relic is referenced in Samuel Taylor Coleridge's well-known 1798 poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. It is considered very unlucky to kill an albatross; in Coleridge's poem, the narrator killed the bird and his fellow sailors eventually force him to wear the dead bird around his neck.
In all albatross species, both parents incubate the egg in stints that last between one day and three weeks. Incubation lasts around 70 to 80 days (longer for the larger albatrosses), the longest incubation period of any bird. It can be an energetically demanding process, with the adult losing as much as 83 g (2.9 oz) of body weight a day. [43]