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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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संबंधित प्रश्न
Why were the mariners angry with the Ancient Mariner?
1. What can you see in the picture? Does the man look happy? Give reasons for your answer.
2. Why does he have the bird hanging around his neck?
3. Have you heard of the expression-'having an albatross around your neck'? What do you
think it means? Does it mean:
a. something that you can always be proud of
b. something that you have to do because you have no choice
c. something that is with you all the time as a reminder that you have done something wrong?
4. What is an albatross?
Answer the following by choosing the right option from those given below:
'He cannot choose but hear' means………
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The Wedding-Guest beat his breast because…………
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The sailors were happy to see the albatross because……..
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'God save thee, ancient Mariner, /From the fiends that plague thee thus!- Why look'st thou so?' 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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What kind of weather did the sailors enjoy at the beginning of their journey? How has it been depicted in the poem?
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In which direction did the ship start moving? How can you say?
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Why does the mariner say that 'no sweet bird did follow'?
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How does the mariner describe the fact that they were completely motionless in the middle of the sea?
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What is the irony in the ninth stanza? Explain it in your own words.
Answer the following question briefly:
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.
After you have read the poem, discuss the following questions in your groups:
i. Why did the Ancient Mariner stop the particular wedding guest to listen to his tale?
ii. Why did he have to tell his tale to someone?
iii. What is the poet trying to convey through this poem?
