“Rime of the Ancient
Mariner”
pp. 581- 601
“Kubla Khan”
 1.Dome,
sacred river, deep
caverns, sunless sea…shows a
Ques.
Part II
 9)
The crew is angry bc/ the
ship stopped moving. There
was no breeze.
line 93 – averred/bird;
red/head – line 97; line 101 –
 10)
Part III
Supernatural – The ship stops
without a tide; eclipse – bad omen
– bc/ of the blockage of light.
 14)
Part IV
Your opinion – Yes – The
tale, itself, makes the mariner
seem like a spirit; however –
No – bc/ the wedding guest
holds the mariner’s skinny
hand.
20) alone – He will also suffer
from guilt based on the death
of the crew.
 21) Dead bodies should
 19)
Part V
 25)
Once he sees the beauty of the
world it starts to rain.
 26.) Drinks the fresh water;
Wonders if he might be a ghost;
Wind shakes the boat and he sees
lightning.
 27) The dead men (crew) rise.
 28)
Give a more horrifying tone
when relatives are considered.
Part V - Summary
 32)
(a) Albatross falls from the
mariner’s neck;
 (b) drinks the fresh water when
the rain falls;
 (c)Polar spirit steers the vessel;
 (d) Animated bodies of the
dead crew sail the ship;
 (e) Ship stops and mariner
faints,
Part VI
Archetypical journey – In the
Odyssey where the Gods speed
Odysseus’ ship towards
home…Gives a classical flavor and
confirms it is a literary ballad.
 34) Earlier the sea looked like was
decaying; Now, it looks green
which shows life or rebirth.
 35) Alliteration – s-sound which
 33)
Part VII
– The angels stand above the
dead crew members with a beacon
and at that point, a pilot, his son,
and a hermit pull up toward the
mariner in a boat.
 40)
 41)
Pilot moves closer, becomes
afraid, but the hermit tells him to
keep moving toward the mariner’s
boat.
 42) Ship sank; Mariner was saved
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
p. 606, 1-10, “Rime of the Ancient
Mariner”
1) (a.) The Mariner stops the
Wedding guest to tell his story.
 (b) A storm drives the mariner’s
ship to the South Pole where
nothing living is seen.
 c. The crew is glad to see an
albatross.
 d. The mariner kills the albatross
and the crew criticize and then

2-10, p. 606
 2.
Mariner speaks to the
Wedding Guest.