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The albatross visits the Mariner and his crew in Samuel Taylor Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, illustrated in 1876 by Gustave Doré. The word albatross is sometimes used metaphorically to mean a psychological burden (most often associated with guilt or shame) that feels like a curse.
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.
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"The Albatross about my Neck was Hung", etching by William Strang, published 1896. The sailors change their minds again and blame the mariner for the torment of their thirst. In anger, the crew forces the mariner to wear the dead albatross about his neck, perhaps to illustrate the burden he must suffer from killing it, or perhaps as a sign of ...
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 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]
Taylor announced "The Albatross" edition of Tortured Poets during her first Sydney show, saying, "Direct your attention to the main screen. This is an alternate cover for The Tortured Poets ...
The deployment of capillary depth recorders, which record the maximum dive depth undertaken by a bird, has shown that while some species, such as the wandering albatross, do not dive deeper than a metre, some species, such as the light-mantled albatross, have a mean diving depth of almost 5 m (16 ft) and can dive as deep as 12.5 m (41 ft). [34]