Albatross and Alcatraz Island

Coleridge's poem "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" has given the language the metaphoric meaning of "albatross." The word derives from "alcatraz." Your eBook: Click here to download the Basic English Grammar ebook. Original Post: Albatross and Alcatraz IslandEven speakers who have had the misfortune of never studying Coleridge’s long poem Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1798are acquainted with the figurative meaning of the word albatross“A source or mark of misfortuneguiltetc.from which one cannot (easilybe freea burden or encumbrance.”

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