The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

identify the symbols in this stanza and then explain their significance in the poem.

ITis an ancient Mariner

,And he stoppeth one of three.'

By thy long beard and glittering eye,

Now wherefore stopp'st thou me?

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The long beard can represent experience and a link with the sea. The glittering eye extends a sense of the magic realism which certainly relates to the poem as a whole.

long beard and glittering eye,

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