Science and romance are ideal counterparts. Science is logical and systematic, while romance is strictly emotion and compassion. These two concepts combined create a world of wonder, reckless passion and fascination. In the 18th century, philosophers perfected Enlightenment rationalism, including “new imaginative intensity and enthusiasm in scientific work,” which sparked the second scientific revolution: Romantic science. A product of this new movement, The Rime of The Ancient Mariner, is a literary ballad, which exemplifies Romantic science by illustrating the central tones of the Romantic archetype. Exploratory journeys to alien places, metaphysics and mystical encounters are the dominant tones that communicate the romanticist epitome at the beginning of the ballad. The protagonist engages in a spontaneity that leads him into a life of loneliness, pain and guilt. He is tortured by life into death until he has a eureka moment; realizes love for beauty and nature and frees himself from burdens. In the ballad, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, The Mariner and His Sh...