Rime of the Ancient Mariner Part II

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Rime of the Ancient Mariner Part II

• By Dina Potapchuk and Clinique Brooks

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Introduction

• Born in Ottery St. Mary,Devonshire, England. He
  was the youngest son of the vicar of Otterry St.
  Mary. He was sent to the Christs Hospital School
  in London after his fathers death. He also
  studied at Jesus College and after he went to
  Cambridge and met a poet named Robert Southey. In
  1795, he married the sisters of Roberts fiancée,
  Sara Fricker, and he didnt love her.
• He was suffering from neurological and rheumatic
  pains and after he became addicted to opium.
  Living in London, he was on the verge of sucide.
• ("Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Biography and Works.
  Search Texts, Read Online. Discuss." The
  Literature Network Online Classic Literature,
  Poems, and Quotes. Essays Summaries. Web. 07
  Feb. 2011. http//www.online-literature.com/coleri
  dge/).

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The Poem

• The Sun now rose upon the rightOut of the sea
  came he,Still hid in mist, and on the leftWent
  down into the sea.
• And the good south wind still blew behind,But no
  sweet bird did follow,Nor any day for food or
  playCame to the mariners' hollo!
• And I had done a hellish thing,And it would work
  'em woeFor all averred, I had killed the
  birdThat made the breeze to blow.Ah wretch!
  said they, the bird to slay,That made the breeze
  to blow!
• Nor dim nor red like God's own head,The glorious
  Sun upristThen all averred, I had killed the
  birdThat brought the fog and mist.'Twas right,
  said they, such birds to slay,That bring the fog
  and mist.
• The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew,The
  furrow followed freeWe were the first that ever
  burstInto that silent sea.
• Down dropt the breeze, the sails dropt
  down,'Twas sad as sad could beAnd we did speak
  only to breakThe silence of the sea!
• All in a hot and copper sky,The bloody Sun, at
  noon,Right up above the mast did stand,No
  bigger than the Moon.

Day after day, day after day,We stuck, nor
breath nor motionAs idle as a painted shipUpon
a painted ocean. Water, water, every where,And
all the boards did shrinkWater, water, every
where,Nor any drop to drink. The very deep did
rot O Christ!That ever this should be!Yea,
slimy things did crawl with legsUpon the slimy
sea. About, about, in reel and routThe
death-fires danced at nightThe water, like a
witch's oils,Burnt green, and blue and white.
And some in dreams assur'ed wereOf the Spirit
that plagued us soNine fathom deep he had
followed usFrom the land of mist and snow. And
every tongue, through utter drought,Was withered
at the rootWe could not speak, no more than
ifWe had been choked with soot. Ah! well a-day!
what evil looksHad I from old and young!Instead
of the cross, the Albatross About my neck was
hung. ("The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." Poetry.
Web. 07 Feb. 2011. lthttp//poetry.eserver.org/anci
ent-mariner.htmlgt.)
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Paraphrase

• The ship sailed northward into the Pacific Ocean,
  and although the sun shone during the day and the
  wind remained strong, the mist held fast. The
  other sailors were angry with the Ancient Mariner
  for killing the Albatross, which they believed
  had saved them from the icy world by summoning
  the wind "Ah wretch! Said they, the bird to slay
  / That made the breeze to blow!" Then the mist
  disappeared and the sun shone particularly
  brightly, "like God's own head." The sailors
  suddenly changed their opinion. They decided that
  the Albatross must have brought the must, and
  praise the Ancient Mariner for having killed it
  and rid them of the mist.
• The ship sailed along merrily until it entered an
  uncharted part of the ocean, and the wind
  disappeared. The ship could not move, and sat "As
  idle as a painted ship / Upon a painted ocean."
  Then the sun became unbearably hot just as the
  sailors ran out of water, leading up to the most
  famous lines in the poem "Water, water, every
  where, / And all the boards did shrink / Water,
  water, every where, / Nor any drop to drink." The
  ocean became a horrifying place the water
  churned with "slimy" creatures, and at night,
  eerie fires seemed to burn on the ocean's
  surface. Some of the sailors dreamed that an evil
  spirit had followed them from the icy world, and
  they all suffered from a thirst so terrible that
  they could not speak. To brand the Ancient
  Mariner for his crime and place the guilt on him
  and him alone, the sailors hung the Albatross's
  dead carcass around his neck.
• ("The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Study Guide
  Summary and Analysis of Part 2 GradeSaver."
  Study Guides Essay Editing GradeSaver. Web.
  16 Feb. 2011. http//www.gradesaver.com/the-rime-o
  f-the-ancient-mariner/study-guide/section2/).

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Diction

• Formal, vivid
• Vivid expressions

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Tone and Mood

• Sad and somber, loneliness
• No irony
• Sad, gruesome, and horrifying

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Rhetorical Situation

• The speaker is the man that has experienced the
  situation he is describing, to express his
  experiences.
• Directly speaking to the audience

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Figurative Language

• Similes
• 'Twas sad as sad could be
• As idle as a painted ship
• The water, like a witch's oils
• Metaphors
• Nor dim nor red like God's own head
• We stuck, nor breath nor motion
• Personification
• But no sweet bird did follow
• Into that silent sea
• The bloody Sun, at noon
• Upon a painted ocean.
• The death-fires danced at night

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Imagery

• The sun rising and the sun setting, birds
  hanging, breeze blowing, wind whirling
• The sun, wind, ship, bird, moon, water
• The bird represents life and death

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How does the sound contribute to the effect of
the poem?

• Rhyme-
• The Sun now rose upon the right (a)
• Out of the sea came he, (b)
• Still hid in mist, and on the left (c)
• Went down into the sea. (b)
• And the good south wind still blew behind ,(d)
• But no sweet bird did follow, (e)
• Nor any day for food or play (f)
• Came to the mariners' hollo! (e)
• No repetition
• Alliteration-
• The Sun now rose upon the right
• No assonance

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Poem Structure

• Stanzas
• rhyme pattern
• rhyme at the ends of lines, at the ends of stanzas

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Conclusion/Evaluation

• The author created a sad mood very well, with
  imagery and made his point across very well.
• Imagery was the strongest element, it helped to
  shape the mood of the poem.
• The albatross, the ship and sea, were very
  effective in the way they were used
• The rhyme scheme contributed to the poem, with a
  flow

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Personal Reactions

• liked the imagery and the rhyme scheme that the
  poet used. I did not like the language that was
  used.
• I felt a bit sad after reading the poem but very
  well informed of what was going on because of the
  level of detail.
• It was a little different because the sailors
  believed that the killing of the albatross had
  given them bad luck, and I have never heard of
  such a thing.
• It did it not relate to me because I do not sail
  or kill albatrosses, or think that killing one is
  bad or good luck .
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