Study Guide
Part the First
Vooabulany List | Guestions
‘Ancient ‘What connotations does the word mariner bring to mind?
‘Wherefore 4, Why isthe mariner “ancient”?
Kin 2, What does an eye signily?
Din 3, How does the mariner gain their attention?
Quoth 44. What s left behind as the mariner bagins his stor/?
Grey-beard loon | 5. The mariners’ story of the dangers ofthe voyage
Efisoons, Introduces the Romantic concept ofthe power and
Chuse beauty of nature. What aspects of the natural world
Spake are highlighted?
‘irk 6. What effect does repetition and onomatopoeia
Bassoon have on the readerlistoner?
Minstrelsy 7. How does this part end?
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Dismal
Sheen
Swound
Shroud
Flonds
Part the Second
‘Vocabulary List) Questions
‘Avorred inthis ar of the poem nature wreaks havoc.
Wretch 4. What happens?
Furow 2. What might the sun represent?
Roel 3. How does Coleridge create this nightmarish work?
Rout 44. Comment on the sailors’ atttude towards the
mariner
Part the Third
Wist ‘At ths pont ofthe narative Coloridge uses suspense to
Unslaked ‘oop his readerlistonor fascinated.
Agape “1. Whats the "something in the sky"?
Gramercy 2. What happens as a result ofthe ofthe dice game
Nigh between Death and LifesinDeath?
Botwint 3, What do you think the presence of Death and Life-
Goseamers i-Death suggest about the mariners fo?
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Tice
Specte-bark
NetherPart the Fourth
‘Questions
‘Abide ‘The mariner is now In a night-time world,
Bemocked 4. What is happening to him?
Sultry 2. Wht might the snakes signify?
Hoary 3. What finally saves him?
Part the Fifth
‘WosabulanyList [Questions
Dank ‘But allthis belongs in a dream. All around him are the
Sere bodies of other salors,
Sedge 41. What is happening in this part of the poem?
Cleft 2. How are birds represented in this section and what
Groan does this reveal about the mariners changed
Nought attitude to life?
Skyrlark 3, Explain what kind of atmosphere is created by
Jargoning references to sound in this section of the poem,
Brook 4, Suggest some reasons for why Coleridge used
Keal mystical and supematural elements inthis part of
Pawing the poem.
Discerned ‘5. What do the two voices believe will be the fate of
Bideth the mariner?
Part the Sixth
Vosabulany List | Questions
Graciously Now he retums home but he must sil be absolved from
Trance the blood of the albatross.
Abated |
‘Chamel-dungeon | 1. Which incidents give the mariner @ sense of
Fiend renewed hope?
‘Weather cock 2. Make a list ofall the references to fight In this,
Prow section. Why do you think light is symbolic of hope
Seraph-man for the mariner?
Hermit 3. How is the ordinary world represented in this
Shrieve section?
4, How does ths differ from the landscapes and
‘seascapes encountered in previous sections?
—ePart the Seventh
Vosbulankat [Gusaions SSS
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Warped 41. Comment on the encounter between the
Perchance hermit’ boat and the mariners ship and why
Iyyetod the mariner is considered a source of droad and
wit fear in his curent stato?
Whoops 2. identify the words and phrases used to convey
‘Smote the visual and aural impact of the ship's sinking
Woeful 3, What is the penance given to the mariner?
Garden-bower 4. How is the wedding guest affected by the tale?
Vesper 5. How are you affected by the tale?
4. Do you think the mariner's penance is
the albatross?
2, What éther kinds-of charactors in fiction, scripture and folklore travel
around the world teling stories?
3, What flsas do.you thik the post conveys about the way stories are
passed on betwee people and over the course of time?
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