Rime of the Ancient Mariner Part 2

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Rime of the Ancient MarinerPart 2

• Elizabeth Hodges
• Chantelle Lafrance

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Rime of the Ancient Mariner

• Author Samuel Taylor Coleridge
• Coleridge, Samuel T. "The Rime of the Ancient
  Mariner, Part 2 by Samuel Taylor Coleridge -
  WriteWords Library Online." WriteWords - Writing
  Community - Jobs, Directory, Forums, Articles for
  Writers. 24 Jan. 2005. Web. 07 Feb. 2011.
  lthttp//www.writewords.org.uk/library/8484.aspgt.

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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 behindBut no sweet bird did follow,Nor any
day for food or playCame to the mariners'
hollo!And I had done an 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 slayThat 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.
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 assured 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 AlbatrossAbout my neck was hung.
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.

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Paraphrase

• The sun rises and sets in the fog. The south
  wind continues, but there is no flying bird. The
  other sailors are angry at the Mariner for
  killing the bird that caused the wind. The fog
  disappears, and the sailors change their minds
  and decide the bird brought the fog, not the
  wind. They are happy with the Mariner now. The
  breeze leads the ship into a calm ocean, and the
  ship stops. The sun makes them hot and thirsty.
  They are out of water. The ocean is undrinkable
  and seems to be filled with dirty beasts. The
  Mariner talks about death fires at night. The
  water turns different colors. Some of the crew
  dreams a spirit follows them from the icy area.
  The crew becomes thirsty and unable to talk. The
  crew is giving him bad looks. And instead of a
  cross on his neck he wore a bird.
• "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Part 2, Lines
  83-142 Samuel Taylor Coleridge BookRags.com."
  BookRags.com Study Guides, Lesson Plans, Book
  Summaries and More. Ed. Thomson Gale. Web. 08
  Feb. 2011. lthttp//www.bookrags.com/studyguide-rim
  e-ancient-mariner/chapanal004.htmlgt.

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Diction

• Coleridge uses formal, concrete, and vivid
  language in this poem.
• And I had done an hellish thing- it means he
  did a horrible thing, for killing the albatross.

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Tone and mood

• Hes is regretful
• Hes in a serious mood because he is regretting
  his actions.

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Rhetorical Situation

• The author is the speaker and he is thinking to
  himself.
• And he is communicating that you should not do
  something you might regret.

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Figurative Language

• Irony Water, water, every where, And all the
  boards did shrink Water, water, every where,
  Nor any drop to drink. (lines 119-122) Water
  is everywhere, but there is none to drink
• Simile- The water, like a witch's oils, Burnt
  green, and blue and white. (lines 129-130)
  Comparison of water to witch's oils

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Imagery

• All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody Sun, at
  noon, this is describing how hot the sun is at
  noon.
• The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew he
  is describing the foam from the waves being blown
  by the wind.

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Sound

• Alliteration- The furrow followed free (line
  104) 
• Repetition- Water, water, every where,And all
  the boards did shrinkWater, water, every
  where,Nor any drop to drink

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Structure

• This poem is a ballad
• Coleridge makes most of the stanzas in the poem
  have four lines but some have five or six lines.
  In the four-line stanzas, the second and fourth
  lines usually rhyme. In the five- and six-line
  stanzas, the second or third line usually rhymes
  with the final line. 

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Conclusion

• The author did well at getting his point
  across to his readers by setting the mood.
• His strongest element was imagery because he
  was very descriptive of the scenery. It made the
  readers feel like they were in his head.

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Personal reaction

• We did not like this poem because it was
  difficult to understand. We can not relate
  because we have never been on a ship nor have
  killed birds before.