The Ancient Mariner Poem is an epic poem written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 1798. It tells the story of a sailor who has been cursed by a supernatural being for killing an albatross. The poem is written in a form known as 'RIME, ' which is a type of rhyme scheme that uses similar sounding words at the end of each line. The poem is considered to be one of the most influential works of the Romantic period and has been widely studied and analyzed.