OF LITERARY DEVICES USED IN THE POEM

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E-LESSON

• POWERPOINT PRESENTATION
• OF LITERARY DEVICES USED IN THE POEM
• THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER.
• PRIYA .M

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THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER S.T.COLERIDGE
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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

• This poem by S.T Coleridge brings out the
  torment of ancient mariner.He had committed the
  ghastly mistake of killing an albatross.As a
  result he landed up in such a situation that all
  the mariners blamed him for whatever happened and
  hung the dead bird as a reminder of his act.
• The mariner was continuously tormented.The only
  way of lessening this torment was by sharing this
  with some one/

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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner(INDEX).
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Additional Information
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Figures of Speech

• A figure of speech is a departure from the
  ordinary form of expression,or the ordinary
  course of ideas in order to produce a greater
  effect

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The Ancient Mariner as a Ballad

• Of all modern poems The Rime comes nearest to
  achieving an impossible-the impossibility of the
  modern writer of writing a genuine ballad.
• Simplicity and terseness of expressions,directness
  of narration,abrupt beginning ,use of
  conventional epithets and archaisms, repetition
  of phrases and lines,sudden introduction of new
  elements and transition to new incidents,impersona
  lity-these are some of the main features of the
  traditional ballads that Coleridge uses in The
  Ancient Mariner. With such wonderful effect that
  the poem has been praised as one of the finest of
  the so called imitations and has received great
  critical acclaim as a fine example of
  Coleridges rare genius for writing ballads.

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simile

• In a simile comparison is made between two
  objects of different kinds which have however at
  least one point in common .
• The simile is usually introduced by such words
  as like ,as or so
• Examples like a 3 years child(lines 15/16)
• Red as a rose is she(line 34)
• As idle as a painted ship(line115/116)

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• As green as emerald(53)
• ..like gods own head(line 96)
• The water, like a witchs oil(line 127)
• Like noises in a swond (line 60)

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Imagery Used in the Poem
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• The following images found in the poem are
  grouped weather wise
• 1. Stormy
• And now the storm blast came and he was
  tyrannous and strong .He struck with his wings
  and chased us south along(stanza 2)
• 2. Extreme winter
• And now there came both mist and snow ,
• And it grew wondrous cold (Stanza 13)

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Personification

• In personification inanimate objects and
  abstracts notions are spoken of as having life
  and intelligence.
• Example
• And now storm blast came,and he was tyrannous
  and strong.
• The sun now rose upon the right
• Out of the sea came he

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Alliteration

• The use of repetition of a succession of words
  with the same initial letters or sound as in the
  river running round the race
• For example
• The fair breeze blew,the white foam flew the
  furrow followed free.(Lines 102/103)
• Note The first syllable of succeeding words
  have the same sound.

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Repetition

• Poets use repetitions in order to emphasize the
  most significant part of each stanza. Also,when
  the poem is read aloud ,repetition gives the
  listener a greater opportunity to understand
  those words .
• Example The ice was here ,the ice was there
  ,the ice was all round(lines 57/58)
• Day after day ,day after day..(line114)
• Water ,water ,everywhere.(lines 118/120)

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Metaphor

• A metaphor is an implied simile.It does not like
  the simile,state that one thing is like another
  or act as another,but takes that for granted and
  proceeds as if the two things were one. Thus
  ,when we say ,He fought like a lion we use a
  simile,but when we say ,He was a lion in the
  fight,we use a metaphor.
• Example
• The bloody sun( line 113)
• . Upon the painted ocean.( line 111)

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Oxymoron

• A figure of speech with a conjunction of seeming
  contradictories.
• E.g Faith unfaithful kept him falsely true.
• Line 56 -dismal sheen.

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• Identify and list the literary devices used in
  the poem The Rime of the Ancient mariner Give
  one example for each.

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Exercise

• Identify the literary devices in the following
  sentences
• I am a lake (mirror)____________

Answer
(b) Each like a corpse with in the
grave____________
(c) dismal sheen. __________
d)The fair breeze blew,the white foam flew
..................... e). Day after day ,day
after day.. f) And now the storm blast came ..
Personification
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ANSWERS
a). Metaphor b). Simile c). Oxymoron d).
Alliteration e) . Repetition f) .Imagery
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Extract based questions for practice
1.And I had done a hellish thing, And it would
workem woe For all averred, I had killed the
bird That made the breeze to blow. (a) Name the
poem and the poet. (b) What is the hellish
thing referred to here? (c) What were the
consequences they had to face as a result of
the hellish thing? 2. ' the wedding guest he
beat his breast Yet he cannot choose but,
hear, And thus spake on that ancient man The
bright eyed Mariner.'  1.What does the beating
of the breast by the wedding guest indicate? 2.
Why has the wedding guests no choice but to hear
the story of the mariner? 3. What do you think,
was the mental state of the wedding guest at
this? 4. Give another word or phrase for
'bright eyed'. 3.Water,water, everywhere And
all the boards did shrink Water, water
everywhere Nor any drop to drink   Name the poem
and the poet. (1 mark) Who was affected by thirst
and why? (2 marks) What is the figure of speech
used in these lines.(1 mark)    
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EXTRAPOLATION AND VALUE BASED QUESTIONS 1)The
Ancient mariners shipmates were a bunch of
fickle minded sailors. Comment 2)Write a short
note on the element of supernaturalism in the
poem. 3)punishment does catch up with the
sinner although it may be delayed sometimes
Explain with reference to the poem.