The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

By. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Samuel Taylor ColeridgeSamuel Taylor Coleridge (b. 1772 - d. 1834)youngest of the ten children of John Coleridge, a minister, and Ann

Bowden Coleridge.his father died in 1781 and he was sent away to a London charity school

for children of the clergy.His brother Luke died in 1790 and his only sister Ann in 1791,

inspiring him to write "Monody," one of his first works of poetry.Struggled a life long opium addiction, and quickly worked his way into

debt, by 1793 he was so desperate for money, he joined the army, but was quickly discharged for reason of insanity.

In October of 1795 he married a woman named Sara Fricker, the sister of his best friend's wife.

Through his friend, Robert Southley, he was introduced to Williom Wordsworth.

 No one but his wife ever called him Samuel; he was usually Coleridge or Col. He often signed his works S.T.C. or Estese.

The Poem http://www.online-literature.com/coleridge/646/

Paraphrase In Part II of the poem the Mariner

has killed the Albatross and because of this he is blamed for stopping the breezes that the bird brought.

Then it was said that the bird brought the fog and not the breeze as the breeze started to blow again. The Mariner was congratulated for a short while.

Soon the sea was silent and too calm, the sailors were angry at the mariner and made him hang the dead Albatross over her neck.

Diction Simple and basic, yet

formal in outline. The wording of the poem give a slightly ominous or bleak tone.

Coleridge purposefully used a more "archaic" form of writing, with words spelled in an old-fashioned manner.

Nor dim nor red, like God's own head,The glorious sun uprist:Then 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.

Tone and Mood The attitude created in Part II is

sadness, disappointment and anger.

The Mariner is sad and upset for killing the Albatross and the sailors are angry at the Mariner.

There is no irony present in Part II.

The mood of the poem is despair and sadness, the reader slightly feels sorry for the Mariner and his misdeed.

Ah! well-a-day! what evil looksHad I from old and young!Instead of the cross, the AlbatrossAbout my neck was hung."

Rhetorical Situation The mariner is speaking to

an unspecified audience, he is attempting to tell the story of what he witnessed while sailing and his action of killing the albatross.

The Speaker has no apparent relationship to the audience, and is simply speaking to whoever can hear.

Figurative Language Similes: “As idle as a

painted ship Upon a painted ocean ”; “The water, like a witch's oils, Burnt green, and blue, and white.”

Metaphors: NONE Personification: “About,

about, in reel and rout, The death-fires danced at night”

Imagery In depth description

of the sea as a chaotic and dangerous place. After he kills the albatross, he describes the stench, heats and misery of the calm at sea.

Sound There is a ABCB rhyme scheme for every stanza. Some stanzas say words multiple times Examples:

“Water, water, every where, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink.”

There is not any alliteration but there is assonance throughout Part II Example:

"The sun now rose upon the right: Out of the sea came he, Still hid in mist, and on the left Went down into the sea.

No onomatopoeia Euphony is in all of Part II.

Structure of the Poem 8 syllable tetrameter

structure; simple stanzas, with a short and simple internal rhyme structure. for example:

"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!"

Conclusion/Evaluation The author did well at letting the reader

know how the Mariner felt and what went on at sea, very descriptive.

The simile of “As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean”, lets the reader know how still the ocean was. The rhyme scheme contributed to the poem by creating a specific “jingle”.

Personal Reactions Part II of the poem

was mostly depressing, because it’s about a dead bird.

Could not relate to the poem, because I never killed a bird, or was sailing at sea.

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