Today:
(1) Vocabulary review (5 minutes)
(2) Vocabulary quiz (10 minutes)
(3) Review of themes of Parts 1-IV, especially part IV, stanzas 64-66
(4) Classwork/Homework:
Stanzas 67- 92 (All of part V, remainder of
class, to be complete by the end of the day or
Monday at the beginning of class)
Graphic organizer handout is due on Wednesday,
December 14th
December 14th
For next week:
We will finish up the rest of the poem next week (parts VI and VII, from stanza 93 through stanza 141).
Next week you will have a quick write activity
on stanzas 64-66.
These stanzas are the climax of the poem, so be sure you can connect this crucial passage to the themes of romanticism.
Some of you are missing work!
Please be sure to hand in anything you can, while you still can! Once I'm gone, I'm gone!
Vocabulary Review
1. kin (noun) - one’s family and relations
Two people who have a very similar attitude or outlook might be referred to as "kindred spirits." When you think of the word "kin," remember the word "kind."
Two people who have a very similar attitude or outlook might be referred to as "kindred spirits." When you think of the word "kin," remember the word "kind."
2. spectre-bark (noun) - ghost ship
The contemporary American English spelling of the first part of this phrase is "specter," but whatever the spelling, it means ghost, phantom, apparition, or spirit.
The second part of this phrase, "bark" presumably refers to the material from which ships were made at the time of the poem--wood (as in the "bark" of a tree).
The contemporary American English spelling of the first part of this phrase is "specter," but whatever the spelling, it means ghost, phantom, apparition, or spirit.
The second part of this phrase, "bark" presumably refers to the material from which ships were made at the time of the poem--wood (as in the "bark" of a tree).
3. agape (adj) - agog, wide open, especially with surprise
or wonder
You'll often see this word used to describe a person whose mouth that is wide open in surprise. Remember that this word is connected to the word "agog" from "A Room of One's Own."
4. kirk (noun) - church (term most often used in Scotland)
Remember that the word "kirk" sounds a bit like church.
Remember that the word "kirk" sounds a bit like church.
5. aver (verb) - to state or assert to be the case
"Aver" reminds me of "avow." They both mean that you are claiming something is true. When you avow or aver something, you're stating it as a fact, although avow has more formal connotations.
"Aver" reminds me of "avow." They both mean that you are claiming something is true. When you avow or aver something, you're stating it as a fact, although avow has more formal connotations.
6. furrow (noun) - long narrow trench made in the ground or a rut or groove
Fields have furrows, but so can foreheads. A "furrowed brow" is often used as a way to describe a person's expression of befuddlement, confusion, or disbelief. When you raise both eyebrows, your brow furrows.
Fields have furrows, but so can foreheads. A "furrowed brow" is often used as a way to describe a person's expression of befuddlement, confusion, or disbelief. When you raise both eyebrows, your brow furrows.
7. shroud (noun) - length of cloth to wrap a dead person; a thing that envelops.
*In our poem, "shroud" is a sailing term
that refers to the ropes below the mast.
In either case, notice that they both seem to cover something, even if, in the case of ships, it is only partial coverage through a net of ropes that are attached to the mast.
8. gossamer (noun) - a fine, filmy substance consisting of cobwebs, something light, delicate
Spider webs are what come to mind when I think of this word. Just remember that describing something as gossamer is to call it very fine and delicate. A piece of clothing made from silk, for instance, may be described as gossamer, because it is delicate and fine.
Spider webs are what come to mind when I think of this word. Just remember that describing something as gossamer is to call it very fine and delicate. A piece of clothing made from silk, for instance, may be described as gossamer, because it is delicate and fine.
9. tyrannous (adj) - unjustly severe
Tyrannosaurus Rex is a helpful way to remember that this word means "unjustly severe." Also remember that a "tyrant" is an unjust or severe ruler, and their reign might be described as a "reign of tyranny." To be fed to a Tyrannosaurus Rex would be a tyrannous punishment indeed.
Tyrannosaurus Rex is a helpful way to remember that this word means "unjustly severe." Also remember that a "tyrant" is an unjust or severe ruler, and their reign might be described as a "reign of tyranny." To be fed to a Tyrannosaurus Rex would be a tyrannous punishment indeed.
10. prow (noun) - the portion of a ship’s bow above water
Just remember that prow rhymes with bow, and the bow is the front of the ship.
Just remember that prow rhymes with bow, and the bow is the front of the ship.
Vocabulary Quiz on “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”
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Bonus: Please write three themes from the
poem that are indicative of romanticism.
poem that are indicative of romanticism.
Learning Targets:
I can determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to produce a complex account; provide an objective summary of the text.
I can analyze the impact of the author's choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama (e.g., where a story is set, how the action is ordered, how the characters are introduced and developed).
I can determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including words with multiple meanings or language that is particularly fresh, engaging, or beautiful.
I can analyze how an author's choices concerning how to structure specific parts of a text (e.g., the choice of where to begin or end a story, the choice to provide a comedic or tragic resolution) contribute to its overall structure and meaning as well as its aesthetic impact.
I can evaluate a speaker's point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric, assessing the stance, premises, links among ideas, word choice, points of emphasis, and tone used.
Elements of Romanticism
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Love of Nature:
Romantic thinkers
venerated (REALLY
respected) the natural
world and the environment.
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Idealization of Rural Living: They viewed rural (country- opposite of urban/city) life as ideal and perfect.
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Faith in Common People: They respected all people including peasants (not just the elite or 1%!).
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Emphasis on Freedom and Individualism: Rather than focusing on groups of people, Romantic thinkers valued individual humans and their individual rights.
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Spontaneity (Doing things impulsively/in the moment), Intuition (Gut instinct/Educated Guesses), Feeling
(Emotions), Imagination (Creating things from one's mind), Wonder (Awe/When one's jaw drops): All of these concepts are associated with Romanticism.
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Passionate individual religiosity: Individual humans could worship and demonstrate faith rather than belonging to religious groups or institutions.
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Life after Death: They believed that human life did not end in physical death. Heaven existed.
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Organic View of the World: They believed that everything in this world was connected- similar to Aristotle's Great Chain of Being.
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Major Themes of “The
Rime of the Ancient Mariner”
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The Natural World: The Physical
While it can be beautiful and
frightening (often
simultaneously), the natural
world's power in "The
Rime of the Ancient
Mariner" is unquestionable.
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The Spiritual World: The Metaphysical
"The Rime of the Ancient
Mariner" occurs in the
natural, physical
world-the land and ocean.
However, the work has
popularly been interpreted as
an allegory of man's
connection to the spiritual,
metaphysical world.
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Liminality
"The Rime of the Ancient
Mariner" typifies the
Romantic fascination with
liminal spaces. A liminal
space is defined as a place on
the edge of a realm or
between two realms, whether a
forest and a field, or
reason and imagination.
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Imprisonment
"The Rime of the Ancient
Mariner" is in many ways a
portrait of imprisonment
and its inherent loneliness
and torment.
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Retribution
"The Rime of the Ancient
Mariner" is a tale of
retribution, since the Ancient
Mariner spends most of
the poem paying for his one,
impulsive error of
killing the Albatross.
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Name _________________________
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel
Taylor Coleridge
Part I
We will be reading the poem as a class. If you are absent,
you are responsible for the material.
Below is the poem and organizer. As we read through the
poem, there are specific vocabulary and figurative language questions for some
of the stanzas. In addition, you will
need to write down the stanzas that contain evidence that support the following
themes. This information will be used to construct an essay. The graphic
organizer will be collected for a 4 day participation grade. In order to
receive full credit, you must complete the all questions, all lined responses
and have 25 thematic examples.
Themes:
- The Natural World (It can be beautiful and frightening and powerful) (often simultaneously),
- The Spiritual World: The Metaphysical (The poem occurs in the natural, physical world-the land and ocean. However, the work has popularly been interpreted as an allegory of man's connection to the spiritual, metaphysical world.
- Liminality-"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" typifies the Romantic fascination with liminal spaces. A liminal space is defined as a place on the edge of a realm or between two realms, whether a forest and a field, or reason and imagination.
- Imprisonment-"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is in many ways a portrait of imprisonment and its inherent loneliness and torment.
- Retribution-The poem is a tale of retribution, since the Ancient Mariner spends most of the poem paying for his one, impulsive error of killing the Albatross.
PART I
1. It is an ancient Mariner,
And he stoppeth one of three.
`By thy long grey beard and glittering eye,
Now wherefore stopp'st thou me?
2. The bridegroom's doors are opened wide, What is the relationship of
the guest to the
And I am next of kin; bridegroom?
(text) ____________________
The guests are met, the feast is set:
Mayst hear the merry din.'
define din ____________________
3. He holds him with his skinny hand,
"There was a ship," quoth he.
`Hold off! unhand me, grey-beard loon!' define loon ____________________
Eftsoons his hand dropped he.
4. He holds him with his glittering eye -
The Wedding-Guest stood still, write the
simile ______________________
And listens like a three years' child:
The Mariner hath his will.
_____________________________
5. The Wedding-Guest sat on a stone:
He cannot choose but hear;
And thus spake on that ancient man,
The bright-eyed Mariner.
6. "The ship was cheered, the harbour cleared,
Merrily did we drop
Below the kirk, below the hill, define kirk____________________________
Below the lighthouse top.
7. The sun came up upon the left,
Out of the sea came he! Explain the personification ____________
And he shone bright, and on the right
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Went down into the sea.
8. Higher and higher every day,
Till over the mast at noon -"
The Wedding-Guest here beat his breast,
For he heard the loud bassoon.
9. The bride hath paced into the hall,
Red as a rose is she;
Nodding their heads before her goes
The merry minstrelsy. What
does one find in a minstrelsy?
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10. The Wedding-Guest he beat his breast,
Yet he cannot choose but hear;
And thus spake on that ancient man,
The bright-eyed Mariner.
11. "And now the storm-blast came, and he
Was tyrannous and strong: write out the
personification______________
He struck with his o'ertaking wings,
And chased us south along.
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12. With sloping masts and dipping prow, where on a boat do you find
the prow?
As who pursued with yell and blow
Still treads the shadow of his foe, __________________________________
And forward bends his head,
The ship drove fast, loud roared the blast,
And southward aye we fled.
13. And now there came both mist and snow,
And it grew wondrous cold:
And ice, mast-high, came floating by,
As green as emerald.
14. And through the drifts the snowy clifts
Did send a dismal sheen: Define dismal ___________________________
Nor shapes of men nor beasts we ken -
The ice was all between.
15. The ice was here, the ice was there, write out the
personification _________________
The ice was all around:
It cracked and growled, and roared and howled,
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Like noises in a swound*!
*swound = god’s wounds
16. At length did cross an Albatross, How did the sailors feel about the
albatross?
Thorough the fog it came;
As it had been a Christian soul,
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We hailed it in God's name.
17. It ate the food it ne'er had eat,
And round and round it flew.
The ice did split with a thunder-fit;
The helmsman steered us through!
18. And a good south wind sprung up behind;
The Albatross did follow,
And every day, for food or play,
Came to the mariner's hollo!
19. In mist or cloud, on mast or shroud,
It perched for vespers nine; How many days
did the bird hang around? ________
Whiles all the night, through fog-smoke white, Why write “vespers” and not days?
Glimmered the white moonshine." ___________________________________________
20. `God save thee, ancient Mariner,
From the fiends that plague thee thus! - What did the mariner do to the
bird? _________
Why look'st thou so?' -"With my crossbow
I shot the Albatross."
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Part II
21. "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.
22. And the good south wind still blew behind,
But no sweet bird did follow,
Nor any day for food or play
Came to the mariners' hollo!
23. And I had done a hellish thing,
And it would work 'em woe:
For all averred, I had killed the bird define to aver
__________________________
That made the breeze to blow.
Ah wretch! said they, the bird to slay, What is the crews’ attitude in this
stanza towards the mariner
That made the breeze to blow! for having killed the
bird? (text)__________________
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24. Nor dim nor red, like God's own head,
The glorious sun uprist:
Then all averred, I had killed the bird What is the crews attitude in
this stanza towards the mariner
That brought the fog and mist. for having killed the
albatross? (text)
'Twas right, said they, such birds to slay,
That bring the fog and mist. ________________________________________________
25. The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew,
The furrow followed free;
We were the first that ever burst
Into that silent sea.
26. Down dropped the breeze, the sails dropped down,
'Twas sad as sad could be; For what reason only did the sailors
talk? (text)
And we did speak only to break
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The silence of the sea!
27. All in a hot and copper sky,
The bloody sun, at noon,
Right up above the mast did stand,
No bigger than the moon.
28. Day after day, day after day, Write out the simile and
explain ______________
We stuck, nor breath nor motion;
As idle as a painted ship
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Upon a painted ocean.
29. Water, water, everywhere, Hey, there’s plenty of water.
Why can’t they drink it?
And all the boards did shrink;
Water, water, every where,
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Nor any drop to drink.
30. The very deep did rot: O Christ! They are in the
doldrums, but what else
That ever this should be!
surrounds the ship? (text) _________________
Yea, slimy things did crawl with legs
Upon the slimy sea.
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31. About, about, in reel and rout
The death-fires danced at night; To what are the
death-fires referring?
The water, like a witch's oils,
Burnt green, and blue, and white.
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32. And some in dreams assured were
Of the Spirit that plagued us so;
Nine fathom deep he had followed us
From the land of mist and snow.
33. And every tongue, through utter drought, Why have the men no voices?
Was withered at the root;
We could not speak, no more than if
We had been choked with soot.
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34. Ah! well-a-day! what evil looks What did the men
do with the bird?
Had I from old and young!
Instead of the cross, the Albatross
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About my neck was hung."
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Part III
35. "There passed a weary time. Each throat
Was parched, and glazed each eye.
A weary time! a weary time!
How glazed each weary eye -
When looking westward, I beheld
A something in the sky.
36. At first it seemed a little speck,
And then it seemed a mist;
It moved and moved, and took at last
A certain shape, I wist.
37. A speck, a mist, a shape, I wist!
And still it neared and neared:
As if it dodged a water-sprite,
It plunged and tacked and veered.
38. With throats unslaked, with black lips baked, How does the mariner
quench his thirst?
We could nor laugh nor wail;
(text)
Through utter drought all dumb we stood!
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I bit my arm, I sucked the blood,
And cried, A sail! a sail!
39. With throats unslaked, with black lips baked,
Agape they heard me call:
Gramercy! they for joy did grin,
And all at once their breath drew in,
As they were drinking all.
40. See! see! (I cried) she tacks no more! What is a ship doing when
it is tacking?
Hither to work us weal; (text)
Without a breeze, without a tide,
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She steadies with upright keel!
41. The western wave was all a-flame, Why was the
“western wave…a-flame?
The day was well nigh done!
Almost upon the western wave
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Rested the broad bright sun;
When that strange shape drove suddenly
Betwixt us and the sun.
42. And straight the sun was flecked with bars,
(Heaven's Mother send us grace!)
As if through a dungeon-grate he peered
With broad and burning face.
43. Alas! (thought I, and my heart beat loud)
How fast she nears and nears!
Are those her sails that glance in the sun, define gossamer ______________________
Like restless gossameres?
44. Are those her ribs through which the sun
Did peer, as through a grate?
And is that Woman all her crew? Name the two creatures on the boat
Is that a Death? and are there two?
_________________________
Is Death that Woman's mate?
_________________________
45. Her lips were red, her looks were free,
Her locks were yellow as gold:
Her skin was as white as leprosy, What is another
term for Nightmare Life-in-Death?
The Nightmare Life-in-Death was she,
Who thicks man's blood with cold. _______________________________________
46. The naked hulk alongside came,
And the twain were casting dice;
`The game is done! I've won! I've won!'
Quoth she, and whistles thrice.
47. The sun's rim dips; the stars rush out:
At one stride comes the dark;
With far-heard whisper o'er the sea,
Off shot the spectre-bark.
48. We listened and looked sideways up!
Fear at my heart, as at a cup,
My life-blood seemed to sip!
The stars were dim, and thick the night,
The steersman's face by his lamp gleamed white;
From the sails the dew did drip -
Till clomb above the eastern bar
The horned moon, with one bright star
Within the nether tip.
49. One after one, by the star-dogged moon,
Too quick for groan or sigh,
Each turned his face with a ghastly pang,
And cursed me with his eye.
50. Four times fifty living men,
(And I heard nor sigh nor groan) How many men are
on the ship? ____________
With heavy thump, a lifeless lump,
They dropped down one by one. What happened to
them? ____________________
51. The souls did from their bodies fly, -
They fled to bliss or woe!
And every soul it passed me by,
Like the whizz of my crossbow!"
Part IV
52.`I fear thee, ancient Mariner!
I fear thy skinny hand!
And thou art long, and lank, and brown,
As is the ribbed sea-sand.
53. I fear thee and thy glittering eye,
And thy skinny hand, so brown.' -
"Fear not, fear not, thou Wedding-Guest!
This body dropped not down.
54. Alone, alone, all, all alone,
Alone on a wide wide sea!
And never a saint took pity on
My soul in agony.
55. The many men, so beautiful!
And they all dead did lie;
And a thousand thousand slimy things
Lived on; and so did I.
56. I looked upon the rotting sea,
And drew my eyes away;
I looked upon the rotting deck,
And there the dead men lay.
57. I looked to heaven, and tried to pray; What does the mariner attempt to
do,
But or ever a prayer had gusht, now that he is
all alone with the bodies?
A wicked whisper came and made
My heart as dry as dust.
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58. I closed my lids, and kept them close,
And the balls like pulses beat;
Forthe sky and the sea, and the sea and the sky,
Lay like a load on my weary eye,
And the dead were at my feet.
59. The cold sweat melted from their limbs,
Nor rot nor reek did they:
The look with which they looked on me
Had never passed away.
60. An orphan's curse would drag to hell
A spirit from on high;
But oh! more horrible than that
Is the curse in a dead man's eye!
Seven days, seven nights, I saw that curse,
And yet I could not die.
61. The moving moon went up the sky,
And no where did abide:
Softly she was going up,
And a star or two beside -
62. Her beams bemocked the sultry main,
Like April hoar-frost spread;
But where the ship's huge shadow lay,
The charmed water burnt alway
A still and awful red.
63. Beyond the shadow of the ship
I watched the water-snakes:
They moved in tracks of shining white,
And when they reared, the elfish light
Fell off in hoary flakes.
64. Within the shadow of the ship
I watched their rich attire:
Blue, glossy green, and velvet black,
They coiled and swam; and every track
Was a flash of golden fire.
65. O happy living things! no tongue How now does the mariner
observe the snakes?
Their beauty might declare:
A spring of love gushed from my heart,
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And I blessed them unaware:
Sure my kind saint took pity on me,
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And I blessed them unaware.
66. The selfsame moment I could pray;
And from my neck so free
The Albatross fell off, and sank
Like lead into the sea."
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Part V
67. "Oh sleep! it is a gentle thing,
Beloved from pole to pole! Who is
Mary Queen? ____________________
To Mary Queen the praise be given!
She sent the gentle sleep from heaven,
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That slid into my soul.
68. The silly buckets on the deck,
That had so long remained,
I dreamt that they were filled with dew;
And when I awoke, it rained.
69. My lips were wet, my throat was cold,
My garments all were dank;
Sure I had drunken in my dreams,
And still my body drank.
70. I moved, and could not feel my limbs:
I was so light -almost
I thought that I had died in sleep,
And was a blessed ghost.
71. And soon I heard a roaring wind:
It did not come anear;
But with its sound it shook the sails, define sere
________________________________
That were so thin and sere.
72. The upper air burst into life!
And a hundred fire-flags sheen,
To and fro they were hurried about!
And to and fro, and in and out, define wan
________________________________
The wan stars danced between.
73. And the coming wind did roar more loud,
And the sails did sigh like sedge; define sedge
________________________________
And the rain poured down from one black cloud;
The moon was at its edge.
74.The thick black cloud was cleft, and still
The moon was at its side: define
cleft ________________________________
Like waters shot from some high crag, define crag _______________________________
The lightning fell with never a jag,
A river steep and wide.
75.The loud wind never reached the ship,
Yet now the ship moved on!
Beneath the lightning and the moon
The dead men gave a groan.
76. They groaned, they stirred, they all uprose,
Nor spake, nor moved their eyes; What has
happened to all the dead bodies? (text)
It had been strange, even in a dream,
To have seen those dead men rise. ________________________________________
77. The helmsman steered, the ship moved on;
Yet never a breeze up blew;
The mariners all 'gan work the ropes,
Where they were wont to do;
They raised their limbs like lifeless tools -
We were a ghastly crew.
78. The body of my brother's son
Stood by me, knee to knee:
The body and I pulled at one rope,
But he said nought to me."
79. `I fear thee, ancient Mariner!'
"Be calm, thou Wedding-Guest!
'Twas not those souls that fled in pain,
Which to their corses came again,
But a troop of spirits blest:
80. For when it dawned -they dropped their arms, What did the dead sailors do
in the morning?
And clustered round the mast;
(text)
Sweet sounds rose slowly through their mouths,
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And from their bodies passed.
81. Around, around, flew each sweet sound,
Then darted to the sun;
Slowly the sounds came back again,
Now mixed, now one by one.
82. Sometimes a-dropping from the sky
I heard the skylark sing;
Sometimes all little birds that are,
How they seemed to fill the sea and air
With their sweet jargoning!
83. And now 'twas like all instruments, What type of imagery is used in
this stanza?
Now like a lonely flute;
And now it is an angel's song,
__________________________
That makes the heavens be mute.
84. It ceased; yet still the sails made on
A pleasant noise till noon,
A noise like of a hidden brook
In the leafy month of June,
That to the sleeping woods all night
Singeth a quiet tune.
85. Till noon we quietly sailed on,
Yet never a breeze did breathe;
Slowly and smoothly went the ship,
Moved onward from beneath.
86. Under the keel nine fathom deep,
From the land of mist and snow, Where is the
keel on a boat? (text)
The spirit slid: and it was he
That made the ship to go.
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The sails at noon left off their tune,
And the ship stood still also.
87. The sun, right up above the mast,
Had fixed her to the ocean:
But in a minute she 'gan stir,
With a short uneasy motion -
Backwards and forwards half her length
With a short uneasy motion.
88. Then like a pawing horse let go,
She made a sudden bound:
It flung the blood into my head,
And I fell down in a swound.
89. How long in that same fit I lay, What appeared to the mariner once he
awoke? (text)
I have not to declare;
But ere my living life returned,
I heard and in my soul discerned
Two voices in the air.
90. `Is it he?' quoth one, `Is this the man?
By him who died on cross,
With his cruel bow he laid full low
The harmless Albatross.
91. The spirit who bideth by himself
In the land of mist and snow,
He loved the bird that loved the man
Who shot him with his bow'
92. The other was a softer voice, define penance
____________________________
As soft as honey-dew:
Quoth he, `The man hath penance done,
And penance more will do.' What is
the mariner’s penance? Look back to the
the first two stanzas, if needed.
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Part VI
Part VI
93. First Voice
But tell me, tell me! speak again,
Thy soft response renewing -
What makes that ship drive on so fast?
What is the ocean doing?
94. Second Voice
Still as a slave before his lord,
The ocean hath no blast;
His great bright eye most silently
Up to the moon is cast -
95. If he may know which way to go;
For she guides him smooth or grim. Who is “she”? ________________________________
See, brother, see! how graciously
She looketh down on him. ____________________________________________
96. First Voice
But why drives on that ship so fast,
Without or wave or wind?
97. Second Voice
The air is cut away before,
And closes from behind.
Fly, brother, fly! more high, more high!
Or we shall be belated: define
abate _______________________________
For slow and slow that ship will go,
When the Mariner's trance is abated.
98. "I woke, and we were sailing on
As in a gentle weather:
'Twas night, calm night, the moon was high;
The dead men stood together.
99. All stood together on the deck,
For a charnel-dungeon fitter:
All fixed on me their stony eyes,
That in the moon did glitter.
100. The pang, the curse, with which they died,
Had never passed away:
I could not draw my eyes from theirs,
Nor turn them up to pray.
101. And now this spell was snapped: once more
I viewed the ocean green,
And looked far forth, yet little saw
Of what had else been seen -
102. Like one that on a lonesome road
Doth walk in fear and dread,
And having once turned round walks on,
And turns no more his head;
Because he knows a frightful fiend
Doth close behind him tread.
103. But soon there breathed a wind on me,
Nor sound nor motion made:
Its path was not upon the sea,
In ripple or in shade.
104. It raised my hair, it fanned my cheek
Like a meadow-gale of spring -
It mingled strangely with my fears,
Yet it felt like a welcoming.
105. Swiftly, swiftly flew the ship,
Yet she sailed softly too:
Sweetly, sweetly blew the breeze -
On me alone it blew.
106. Oh! dream of joy! is this indeed Where has the mariner returned
to? (text)
The lighthouse top I see?
Is this the hill? is this the kirk?
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Is this mine own country?
107. We drifted o'er the harbour-bar,
And I with sobs did pray -
O let me be awake, my God!
Or let me sleep alway.
108. The harbour-bay was clear as glass,
So smoothly it was strewn!
And on the bay the moonlight lay,
And the shadow of the moon.
109. The rock shone bright, the kirk no less,
That stands above the rock:
The moonlight steeped in silentness
The steady weathercock.*
*weathervane
110. And the bay was white with silent light,
Till rising from the same,
Full many shapes, that shadows were,
In crimson colours came.
111. A little distance from the prow
Those crimson shadows were:
I turned my eyes upon the deck -
Oh, Christ! what saw I there!
112. Each corse lay flat, lifeless and flat,
And, by the holy rood! define
seraph ___________________________________
A man all light, a seraph-man,
On every corse there stood. What were the seraphs
standing over? ________________
113. This seraph-band, each waved his hand:
It was a heavenly sight!
They stood as signals to the land,
Each one a lovely light;
114. This seraph-band, each waved his hand,
No voice did they impart -
No voice; but oh! the silence sank
Like music on my heart.
115. But soon I heard the dash of oars,
I heard the Pilot's cheer;
My head was turned perforce away,
And I saw a boat appear.
116. The Pilot and the Pilot's boy,
I heard them coming fast:
Dear Lord in heaven! it was a joy
The dead men could not blast.
117. I saw a third -I heard his voice:
It is the Hermit good!
He singeth loud his godly hymns
That he makes in the wood. define to
shrieve______________________________
He'll shrieve my soul, he'll wash away
The Albatross's blood."
Part VII
118. "This Hermit good lives in that wood
Which slopes down to the sea.
How loudly his sweet voice he rears!
He loves to talk with marineers
That come from a far country.
119. He kneels at morn, and noon, and eve - Where does the mariner pray? (text)
He hath a cushion plump:
It is the moss that wholly hides
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The rotted old oak-stump.
120. The skiff-boat neared: I heard them talk,
`Why, this is strange, I trow!
Where are those lights so many and fair,
That signal made but now?'
121. `Strange, by my
faith!' the Hermit said -
`And they answered not our cheer!
The planks looked warped! and see those sails,
How thin they are and sere!
I never saw aught like to them,
Unless perchance it were
121. Brown skeletons of leaves that lag To what are the sere sails
compared?
My forest-brook along;
When the ivy-tod is heavy with snow,
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And the owlet whoops to the wolf below,
That eats the she-wolf's young.'
122. `Dear Lord! it hath a fiendish look -
(The Pilot made reply)
I am afeared' -`Push on, push on!'
Said the Hermit cheerily.
123. The boat came closer to the ship,
But I nor spake nor stirred;
The boat came close beneath the ship,
And straight a sound was heard.
124. Under the water
it rumbled on, What
happened to the ship? (text)
Still louder and more dread:
It reached the ship, it split the bay; ______________________________________________
The ship went down like lead.
125. Stunned by that loud and dreadful sound,
Which sky and ocean smote,
Like one that hath been seven days drowned
My body lay afloat;
But swift as dreams, myself I found
Within the Pilot's boat.
126. Upon the whirl where sank the ship
The boat spun round and round;
And all was still, save that the hill
Was telling of the sound.
127. I moved my lips -the Pilot shrieked
And fell down in a fit;
The holy Hermit raised his eyes,
And prayed where he did sit.
128. I took the oars: the Pilot's boy,
Who now doth crazy go, What is the
Pilot boys’s perception of the mariner? (text)
Laughed loud and long, and all the while
His eyes went to and fro. _________________________________________
`Ha! ha!' quoth he, `full plain I see,
The Devil knows how to row.'
129. And now, all in my own country,
I stood on the firm land!
The Hermit stepped forth from the boat,
And scarcely he could stand.
130. O shrieve me, shrieve me, holy man!
The Hermit crossed his brow.
`Say quick,' quoth he `I bid thee say -
What manner of man art thou?'
131. Forthwith this frame of mine was wrenched What was the mariner compelled to do when
he saw
With a woeful agony,
the hermit? (text)
Which forced me to begin my tale;
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And then it left me free. _____________________________________________
132. Since then, at an uncertain hour,
That agony returns;
And till my ghastly tale is told,
This heart within me burns.
133. I pass, like night, from land to land; What is the mariner’s penance?
I have strange power of speech;
That moment that his face I see,
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I know the man that must hear me:
To him my tale I teach.
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134. What loud uproar bursts from that door!
The wedding-guests are there:
But in the garden-bower the bride
And bride-maids singing are;
And hark the little vesper bell,
Which biddeth me to prayer!
135. O Wedding-Guest! this soul hath been
Alone on a wide wide sea:
So lonely 'twas, that God himself
Scarce seemed there to be.
136. O sweeter than the marriage-feast,
'Tis sweeter far to me,
To walk together to the kirk
With a goodly company! -
137. To walk together to the kirk,
And all together pray,
While each to his great Father bends,
Old men, and babes, and loving friends,
And youths and maidens gay!
138. Farewell, farewell! but this I tell According to the
mariner, how does one
To thee, thou Wedding-Guest!
demonstrate a
love for god?
He prayeth well, who loveth well
Both man and bird and beast.
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139. He prayeth best, who loveth best
All things both great and small;
For the dear God who loveth us,
He made and loveth all."
140. The Mariner, whose eye is bright,
Whose beard with age is hoar, define hoar
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Is gone; and now the Wedding-Guest
Turned from the bridegroom's door.
141. He went like one that hath been stunned,
And is of sense forlorn:
A sadder and a wiser man
He rose the morrow morn.
Vocabulary 1 “Rime of the Ancient Mariner”
Quiz on December 9
1. kin (noun) - one’s family and relations
2. spectre-bark (noun) - ghost ship
3. agape (adj) - agog, wide open, especially with surprise or wonder
4. kirk (noun) - church (term most often used in Scotland)
5. aver (verb) - to state or assert to be the case
6. furrow (noun) - long narrow trench made in the ground or a rut or groove
7. shroud (noun) - length of cloth to wrap a dead person; a thing that envelops
8. gossamer (noun) - a fine, filmy substance consisting of cobwebs, something light, delicate
9. tyrannous (adj) - unjustly severe
10. prow (noun) - the portion of a ship’s bow above water
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