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Albatross (metaphor)
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An albatross is a metaphor for a psychological or social burden that feels like a curse. It is an allusion to Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, in which a dead albatross
The albatross is hung around the Mariner's neck in Samuel Taylor Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, illustrated in 1876 by Gustave Doré.
The albatross is hung around the Mariner's neck in Samuel Taylor Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, illustrated in 1876 by Gustave Doré.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge portrait
Samuel Taylor Coleridge portrait
Albatross
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Albatrosses, of the biological family Diomedeidae, are large seabirds related to the procellariids, storm petrels, and diving petrels in the order Procellariiformes. They range widely in the Southern
Albatross (metaphor)
…guilt or shame) that feels like a curse. It is an allusion to Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1798), in which a dead albatross is tied around the neck of a sailor who has brought misfortune to the crew. Ah wel-a-day! what evil looks Had I from old and young; Instead of the Cross…
Short tailed Albatross 1
Short tailed Albatross 1
Skeleton of a black-browed albatross on display at the Museum of Osteology in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.
Skeleton of a black-browed albatross on display at the Museum of Osteology in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.
Unlike most Procellariiformes, albatrosses, like this black-footed albatross, can walk well on land.[citation needed]
Unlike most Procellariiformes, albatrosses, like this black-footed albatross, can walk well on land.[citation needed]
A southern royal albatross: Note the large, hooked beak and nasal tubes.
A southern royal albatross: Note the large, hooked beak and nasal tubes.