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प्रश्न
Answer the following by choosing the right option from those given below:
The Ancient Mariner stopped one of the three wedding guests because…………
विकल्प
he wanted to attend the wedding with him
he wanted him to sit with him
he wanted him to listen to his story
he wanted to stop him from going to the wedding
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उत्तर
he wanted him to listen to his story
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Why does the ancient Mariner compel the wedding guest to listen to his story?
Respect for all forms of life is an essential value. Unmindful destruction of nature and its creatures deserves just punishment. Write in 80−100 words this essential value as brought out in the poem, 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'.
Here are some of the archaic words used in the poem; can you match them with the words used in modern English language that mean the same? The first one has been done for you as an example:
| stoppeth | why |
| thy | entered |
| wherefore | stopped |
| stopp'st | you |
| thou | lunatic |
| may'st | at once |
| quoth | fainting fit |
| loon | has |
| eftsoons | can't you |
| dropt | stopping |
| hath | church |
| spake | enemy |
| kirk | yes |
| paced | see |
| foe | call |
| aye | trouble |
| en | looking |
| swound | your |
| hollo | said |
| plague | dropped |
| look'st | spoke |
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'He cannot choose but hear' means………
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'The sun came up upon the left, /Out of the sea came he;'This line tells us that the ship………………….
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The storm blast had been described as being tyrannous because……….
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The sailors felt depressed on reaching the land of mist and snow because……
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The two things that happened after the arrival of the albatross were ……
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'It perched for vespers nine' means………
Answer the following question briefly.
How did the ancient mariner stop the wedding guest?
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Describe the ancient mariner.
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How do we know that the albatross was not afraid of the humans? Why did the sailors hail it in God's name?
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In which direction did the ship start moving? How can you say?
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How did the sailing conditions change after the ship had moved out of the land of mist and snow? What or who did the mariners blame for this change?
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What is the irony in the ninth stanza? Explain it in your own words.
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What is the narrator trying to convey through the description of the situation in the tenth and eleventh stanza ?
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Describe the condition of the mariners as expressed in the thirteenth stanza.
Imagine that the mariner hears of Mrs Packletide’s hunt and decides to share some advice with her about the impact of wilfully killing creatures. As the mariner, write this letter, in about 150 words, to Mrs Packletide, based on the consequences following your own experience of having killed a creature intentionally.
