Either Coleridge or Longfellow wrote the "Rime of the Ancient Mariner." But it certainly wasn't Longfellow. Therefore, Coleridge wrote it.
A) Division.
B) No fallacy.
C) False dichotomy.
D) Appeal to ignorance.
E) Appeal to the people.

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The argument logically concludes that Coleridge wrote the "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by eliminating the only other option (Longfellow), which is a valid form of argumentation, not a fallacy.

Either Coleridge or Longfellow Wrote the "Rime of the Ancient