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प्रश्न
Answer the following question briefly.
How does the mariner describe the movement of the ship as it sails away from the land?
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उत्तर
The mariner describes the movement of the ship as it sails away from the land with joy. He exclaims when he starts sailing ‘The ship was cheered, the harbour cleared.’
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What was the crime committed by the mariner?
Why does the ancient Mariner compel the wedding guest to listen to his story?
How were the mariners saved from the land of ice and snow?
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The Ancient Mariner stopped one of the three wedding guests because…………
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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 two things that happened after the arrival of the albatross were ……
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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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How does the mariner express the fact that the ship was completely surrounded by icebergs?
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What was the terrible deed done by the Mariner? Why do you think he did it ?
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Why does the mariner say that 'no sweet bird did follow'?
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What is the narrator trying to convey through the description of the situation in the tenth and eleventh stanza ?
This is a very dramatic poem, excellent for reading aloud or even dramatising. The class should be divided into groups and given the different dramatic moments from the poem to be performed as follows. Some of them are given below:
- the first storm that they encounter
- the time spent in the land of mist and snow
- the coming of the albatross and the subsequent events till they move out
- the killing of the albatross till they reach the silent seas
- the suffering of the sailors in the hot region till they hang the albatross around the Ancient Mariner's neck.
What were the blessings the albatross brought with itself in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner ?
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.
