The Rime of the Ancient Mariner By. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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The Rime of the Ancient MarinerBy. Samuel Taylor
Coleridge

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge

• Samuel 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.

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The Poem

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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.

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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 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.

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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."

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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!"

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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.

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Personal Reactions

• Part II of the poem was mostly depressing,
  because its 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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