Name: _______________________________ English 12, Per. 8
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
In Seven Parts
by
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Samuel Coleridge
Period 3
Group Oral Reports
1. The class will be divided into 6 groups, consisting of 4 to 6 members each, for
parts II, III, IV, V, VI and VII of the poem. Each group will read their part of The
Rime of the Ancient Mariner aloud, and then summarize it beyond the italicized
author’s notes included in the text.
2. Each group will give examples of poetic devices (where applicable), i.e.,
alliteration, allusion, connotation, figurative language, hyperbole, imagery, irony,
metaphor, onomatopoeia, oxymoron, personification, setting, simile, symbol,
synesthesia, and internal rhyme. In other words, if it’s in the glossary, we want to
hear about it.
3. Each group will report the progressive consequences and effects the death of the
albatross has on the Mariner. For example, in Part IV, why is the Mariner unable
to pray and what happens to change this?
4. Each group will report on the changing mental states of the Mariner?
5. Each group will report the progressive effects the Mariner’s tale has on the
wedding guest (where applicable).
6. There was a time in America when almost every schoolchild could recite parts of
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Find some verses you think are particularly
quotable. What situations in contemporary life could you apply the lines to?
7. Discuss the ballad as allegory. An allegory is a narrative in which the characters,
settings, and actions are symbolic; that is, they have both a literal and a figurative
meaning. Could your part of Coleridge’s ballad have both a literal and an
allegorical meaning? If so, what do the various elements in the ballad symbolize?
What meaning would the tale have on an allegorical level? Be sure to consider
the meaning of:
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
7)
the Ancient Mariner
the wedding
the ship
the albatross
the sailors
the various settings in the rime
the moral lesson
Note: Your class work and preparation in class leading up to your presentation, the oral
report itself, plus your participation in listening and reacting to the presentations of
other groups make up half of your poetry unit grade. Your participation in class on all
days will be evaluated, so take this assignment seriously. When oral presentations are
delivered, test conditions apply – in other words, no talking. If I can’t hear it, it isn’t
happening and everyone’s grade suffers.
WORK SHEET
Period 3
Part I (82)
Part II (60)
Part III (81)
Part IV (68)
Part V (118)
Part VI (104)
Part VII (112)
Reich
Rudy
Nic
Sean
Brendan
Amanda
Marissa
1
Summary
2
Poetic Devices:
allusion, simile,
metaphor, imagery,
internal rhyme, etc.
3
Consequences of
killing the Albatross
4
Mariner’s Mental
State
5
Wedding Guest’s
reaction to the
Mariner
6
Quotable Verses
7
Allegory: what do the
Mariner, ship,
wedding, sailors, and
albatross symbolize?
Kevin
Kiran
Elyse
Alice
Stephen
Andrew
Rachel
Alex D
Chris D
Alex U
Stacy
Chris A
Hayley
WORK SHEET
1
Summary
2
Poetic Devices:
allusion, simile,
metaphor, imagery,
internal rhyme, etc.
3
Consequences of
killing the Albatross
4
Mariner’s Mental
State
5
Wedding Guest’s
reaction to the
Mariner
6
Quotable Verses
7
Allegory: what do the
Mariner, ship,
wedding, sailors, and
albatross symbolize?
Name: _______________________________
THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER
CLASS PRESENTATION NOTE SHEET
1
Summary
Part I
2
Poetic Devices:
allusion, simile,
metaphor, imagery,
internal rhyme, etc.
3
Consequences of
killing the Albatross
4
Mariner’s Mental
State
5
Wedding Guest’s
reaction to the
Mariner
6
Quotable Verses
7
Allegory: what do the
Mariner, ship,
wedding, sailors, and
albatross symbolize?
Name: _______________________________
THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER
CLASS PRESENTATION NOTE SHEET
1
Summary
Part II
2
Poetic Devices:
allusion, simile,
metaphor, imagery,
internal rhyme, etc.
3
Consequences of
killing the Albatross
4
Mariner’s Mental
State
5
Wedding Guest’s
reaction to the
Mariner
6
Quotable Verses
7
Allegory: what do the
Mariner, ship,
wedding, sailors, and
albatross symbolize?
Name: _______________________________
THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER
CLASS PRESENTATION NOTE SHEET
1
Summary
Part III
2
Poetic Devices:
allusion, simile,
metaphor, imagery,
internal rhyme, etc.
3
Consequences of
killing the Albatross
4
Mariner’s Mental
State
5
Wedding Guest’s
reaction to the
Mariner
6
Quotable Verses
7
Allegory: what do the
Mariner, ship,
wedding, sailors, and
albatross symbolize?
Name: _______________________________
THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER
CLASS PRESENTATION NOTE SHEET
1
Summary
Part IV
2
Poetic Devices:
allusion, simile,
metaphor, imagery,
internal rhyme, etc.
3
Consequences of
killing the Albatross
4
Mariner’s Mental
State
5
Wedding Guest’s
reaction to the
Mariner
6
Quotable Verses
7
Allegory: what do the
Mariner, ship,
wedding, sailors, and
albatross symbolize?
Name: _______________________________
THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER
CLASS PRESENTATION NOTE SHEET
1
Summary
Part V
2
Poetic Devices:
allusion, simile,
metaphor, imagery,
internal rhyme, etc.
3
Consequences of
killing the Albatross
4
Mariner’s Mental
State
5
Wedding Guest’s
reaction to the
Mariner
6
Quotable Verses
7
Allegory: what do the
Mariner, ship,
wedding, sailors, and
albatross symbolize?
Name: _______________________________
THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER
CLASS PRESENTATION NOTE SHEET
1
Summary
Part VI
2
Poetic Devices:
allusion, simile,
metaphor, imagery,
internal rhyme, etc.
3
Consequences of
killing the Albatross
4
Mariner’s Mental
State
5
Wedding Guest’s
reaction to the
Mariner
6
Quotable Verses
7
Allegory: what do the
Mariner, ship,
wedding, sailors, and
albatross symbolize?
Name: _______________________________
THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER
CLASS PRESENTATION NOTE SHEET
1
Summary
Part VII
2
Poetic Devices:
allusion, simile,
metaphor, imagery,
internal rhyme, etc.
3
Consequences of
killing the Albatross
4
Mariner’s Mental
State
5
Wedding Guest’s
reaction to the
Mariner
6
Quotable Verses
7
Allegory: what do the
Mariner, ship,
wedding, sailors, and
albatross symbolize?