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प्रश्न
Answer the following by choosing the right option from given below:
The sailors felt depressed on reaching the land of mist and snow because……
पर्याय
there was no sign of any living creature
they felt they would die in that cold weather
they were surrounded by icebergs and there seemed to be no sign of life
everything was grey in colour and they felt very cold
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उत्तर
there was no sign of any living creature
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What was the crime committed by the mariner?
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'.
How did the mariners reach the land of ice and snow ?
How were the mariners saved from the land of ice and snow?
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 |
Using the words given above rewrite PART I of the poem in your own words. The first stanza has been done as an example:
It is an ancient Mariner,
And he stoppeth one of three.
'By thy long grey beard and glittering eye,
Now wherefore stopp'st thou me?
An old sailor stopped one of the three people passing by, who asked: "Old man, with your long grey beard and glittering eye, why are you stopping me?"
Answer the following by choosing the right option from given below:
The storm blast had been described as being tyrannous because……….
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The sailors were happy to see the albatross 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 does the mariner describe the movement of the ship as it sails away from the land?
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How did the sailors reach the land of mist and snow?
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How did the other mariners behave towards the Ancient Mariner at first? How many times did they change their mind about the Ancient Mariner? What does this tell us about their character?
What is indicated by the line ‘The bloody sun, at noon,/Right up above the mast did stand,/No bigger than the moon’?
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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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What or who did the mariners feel was responsible for their suffering?
