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list the sufferings the mariner's had to face in the poem 'the rime of ancient mariner'

 

shampa m #230611
Feb 14, 2012 10:56 PM

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list the sufferings the mariner's had to face in the poem 'the rime of ancient mariner'

It is a poem written by Coleridge " The Rime Of Ancient Mariner"

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Aslan
Feb 14, 2012 11:17 PM

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From the moment the Ancient Mariner offends the spirit of the "rime," retribution comes in the form of natural phenomena. The wind dies, the sun intensifies, and it will not rain. The ocean becomes revolting, "rotting" and thrashing with "slimy" creatures and sizzling with strange fires. Only when the Ancient Mariner expresses love for the natural world-the water-snakes-does his punishment abate even slightly. It rains, but the storm is unusually awesome, with a thick stream of fire pouring from one huge cloud. A spirit, whether God or a pagan one, dominates the physical world in order to punish and inspire reverence in the Ancient Mariner.

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isaura m #235811
Mar 09, 2012 10:34 AM

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