... , are those that frame the collection and also are those which most markedly demonstrate the differences between the two writers. The Ancient Mariner demonstrates Coleridge's ability to invent fantastical and weird stories whilst implementing the archaic register of a traditional ballad. Meanwhile, Tintern Abbey effectively incorporates Wordsworth's preoccupation with nature and the mechanisms of memory in a realistic setting with simple diction used ... ...

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