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Answer the following question briefly.
How did the sailors reach the land of mist and snow?
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Solution
The sailors reached the land of mist and snow because of the loud roaring blast that drove the ship faster towards the mist and snow.
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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?"
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'He cannot choose but hear' means………
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The sailors felt depressed on reaching the land of mist and snow because……
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The sailors were happy to see the albatross because……..
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'It perched for vespers nine' means………
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Was the wedding guest happy to be stopped? Give reasons for your answer.
Answer the following question briefly.
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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What was the terrible deed done by the Mariner? Why do you think he did it ?
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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'?
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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How does the mariner describe the fact that they were completely motionless in the middle of the sea?
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.
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?
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.
