Day 1
In his masterpiece, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Samuel Taylor
Coleridge tells a vivid story with startling affects.
The running commentary in the margins, added later by the poet, is easy-to-read
and serves as a guide to its philosophy.
Elimination of unnecessary hyphens in compound modifier
Correction of commonly confused words
Correction of unclear pronoun reference
Elimination of commas with a restrictive appositive
Day 1
In his masterpiece The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Samuel Taylor Coleridge tells a
vivid story with startling effects.
Elimination of commas with a restrictive appositive
Correction of commonly confused words
The running commentary in the margins, added later by the poet, is easy to read
and serves as a guide to the poet’s philosophy.
Elimination of unnecessary hyphens in compound modifier
Correction of unclear pronoun reference
Day 2
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner combines the vivid imagery and intricate symbolism,
which you might expect in something based on a dream.
“I readily believe, read a Latin quotation that opened an early edition of the poem that
there are more invisible than visible Natures in the universe.”
Correct relative pronoun and punctuation in nonrestrictive clause
Use quotation marks in a split quotation
Elimination of you without a clear antecedent
Use of specific noun to improve style
Day 2
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner combines the vivid imagery and intricate
symbolism that a reader might expect in a poem based on a dream.
Correct relative pronoun and punctuation in nonrestrictive clause
Elimination of you without a clear antecedent
Use of specific noun to improve style
“I readily believe,” read a Latin quotation that opened an early edition of the poem
“that there are more invisible than visible Natures in the universe.”
Use of quotation marks in a split quotation
Day 3
The blending of ordinary and supernatural elements in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
show Coleridge’s interest in romantic subjects.
In light of the consideration of the fact that Coleridge’s other famous poems were
unfinished, the skillfully-constructed and unified Rime is all the more striking.
Revision of wordy sentence
Subject and verb agreement
Elimination of unnecessary hyphen in compound modifier
Day 3
The blending of ordinary and supernatural elements in The Rime of the Ancient
Mariner shows Coleridge’s interest in romantic subjects.
Subject and verb agreement
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In light of the consideration of the fact that
Since Coleridge’s other famous poems were unfinished, the skillfully
constructed and unified Rime is all the more striking.
Revision of wordy sentence
Elimination of unnecessary hyphen in compound modifier
Day 4
Coleridge uses the stanza format of a ballad. He unfolds the mariner’s complex story. He doe
so in a direct fashion.
To produce emotional and musical effects, such as alliteration, consonance, and
assonance, are among the poetic devices used.
Correction of sentence fragment
Correction of misplaced modifier
Revision of choppy sentences
Day 4
Using the stanza format of a ballad, Coleridge unfolds the mariner’s complex
story in a direct fashion.
Revision of choppy sentences
Among the poetic devices used to produce emotional and musical effects are
alliteration, consonance, and assonance.
Correction of sentence fragment
Correction of misplaced modifier
Day 5
Coleridge’s six-hundred-and-twenty-five line narrative poem ends on an
optimistic note, love is all important.
Near the end, Coleridge pronounces his faith, “He prayeth best who loveth best /
all things both great and small….”
Use of hyphen with prefix allCapitalization of first word in line of poetry
Use of colon to introduce clarifying material
Correct format of longer quotation
Use of numerals for numbers above one hundred
Day 5
Coleridge’s 625 line narrative poem ends on an optimistic note: love is
all-important.
Use of numerals for numbers above one hundred
Use of colon to introduce clarifying material
Use of hyphen with prefix allNear the end, Coleridge pronounces his faith:
He prayeth best who loveth best
All things both great and small….
Correct format of longer quotation
Capitalization of first word in line of poetry