The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Questions and Answers
What does the albatross symbolize in "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"?
What do "Death" and "Life-in-Death" stand for in Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"?
What is the main idea of "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge?
What are some examples of personification and paradoxical imagery in "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"?
Where is the climax of "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"?
Explain, clearly, this line from "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner": "He prayeth best, who loveth best."
Why does the Mariner kill the albatross? What is the symbolic nature of the action?
What was the Mariner's effect on the wedding guest?
What lesson does the Mariner learn from his experiences in "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"?
What do the water snakes symbolize in "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"?
Explain the quote from "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" that begins, "Day after day, day after day . . . Upon a painted ocean."
Respond to the following prompt: In your opinion, is the Ancient Mariner's punishment for killing the Albatross fair? Whose fate is worse, the Ancient Mariner's or the sailors'? Why? Use textual evidence to support your response.
How does Coleridge blend the natural and supernatural in "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"?
What is the setting of the "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge?
Why does the Mariner get to survive the voyage when all the other sailors die?
What is the theme of "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"?
How does the Mariner break his curse?
What happens to the rest of the crew after the Mariner kills the albatross?
What are some examples of onomatopoeia in "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"?
Where is the Sublime evident in "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"?
Which segments are repeated throughout "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"? Describe at least four and explain why they are repeated.
What happened when the mariner tried to pray?
How is the Wind presented in the poem? Does the wind serve as an image of the soul?
Is there alliteration in this excerpt from "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"? "The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew, the furrow followed free; We were the first that ever burst into that silent sea"
Why is the wedding guest "a sadder and a wiser man"?
Why did the mariner bless the water snakes?
Who is the narrator in the ballad of "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"? And to whom is he telling the story?
What allusions are present in "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"?
The mariner has to do more penance because he is responsible for the deaths of his crew, but does the continued penance mean more than that the spirit cannot be repaid for his loss?
Why is the wedding guest afraid of the mariner?
How is the mariner cursed and what must he do?
How does this story explore penance and redemption?
Why is the Ancient Mariner interested in telling his story to that guest only in "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"?
What was the mariner's curse?
"The Wedding Guest beat his breast" is repeated in lines 31 and 36 in "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." Why is this important?
How are the themes of crime, punishment, and redemption developed in "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"?
What are some examples of symbolism in "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"?
Quote two examples of internal rhyme and two examples of alliteration in "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner."
What is the Mariner's Penance in line 408 of "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"?
Decades after the publication of "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," Coleridge observed that it had "too much" of a moral for a work of "pure imagination." Do you agree or disagree with this view? Cite evidence from the poem to support your opinion.
Assess "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" as a ballad.
How do meter and point of view contribute to the author's meaning in Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"?
What is the function of the wedding guest in "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"?
In "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," why are the words in this simile appropriate, considering the Mariner's actions? "And every soul it passed me by, / Like the whiz of my crossbow.”
Does the poet use similes, metaphors, symbols or personification in "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"?
Who is the speaker of the poem and what tone do they use?
How do natural and supernatural elements influence "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"? Describe the natural elements separately in detail, describe the supernatural elements separately in detail, and the significance of those elements.
Explain the sin and redemption in "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner."
What narrative techniques are used in "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"?
In "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," what description did the Mariner give as the ship was driven by the storm?
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