1. “Rime of the Ancient Mariner”
Ballads
“Rime of the Ancient Mariner”

2. Review
1. What’s are some differences between an Elizabethan Sonnet and and Italian Sonnet?
2. What is iambic pentameter?

3. Ballads Reading Schedule for “Rime of the Ancient Mariner”
Due Tuesday: Reading Questions for Parts 1, 2 & 3
Due Wednesday: Reading Questions for Part 4
Due Thursday: Reading Questions for Parts 5&6
Due Friday: Reading Questions for Part 7

4. “Rime of the Ancient Mariner”
Samuel Taylor Coleridge ( )
Romantic Movement
Transcendalism– Emerson
Anxiety and depression, possibly bipolar
Treated with laudanum, fostering an opium addiction

5. “Rime of the Ancient Mariner”
Story of a sailor/mariner who stops a man on the way to a wedding ceremony in order to tell the man his story.
Poetic techniques used: personification, repetition, imagery
Possibly inspired by exploratory voyages or a conversation between Coleridge and Wordsworth on a walk

6. Bringing it to life: Visual representations
Appropriately illustrate your section in comic book or cartoon format—we should be able to tell the story from your illustrations
Include specific lines, words, or phrases from your section
Identify and include in your illustration at least one poetic element (see packet #1)

7. Bringing it to life: Visual representations
Lines 1-16
Lines 17-32
Lines 33-50
Lines 51-66
Lines 67-82
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8. Bringing it to life: Visual representations
1. Paraphrase your section of the poem using the guidelines from the packet.
2. Annotate your section of the poem using the guidelines from the board.
3. For the captions, use lines from the poem and parts of your paraphrase to move the plot forward

12. Reading Guide—Use instead of PRJ
Part 1
Where is the Ancient Mariner standing at the beginning of the poem?
2. In lines 10-11, how is the Ancient Mariner portrayed?
3. In lines 36-40, and even in 13-16, why does the Wedding Guest sit and listen to the Mariner’s story rather than joining the wedding party?
4. What kind of symbolism surrounds the white Albatross (see 59-66)?
5. How does the Mariner view the Albatross as an omen? (see 67-60)?
6. What is it that the Mariner does which he so much regrets?

13. Part 2 1. In lines 107-119, what happens?
2. When the sun begins to take its toll, what do the men need? ( )
3. Why do the sailors hang the Albatross from the Mariner’s neck? ( )

14. Part 3
1. The men spot a sail on the horizon in lines , and the men think that this ship is going to come to the rescue. But the ship is standing completely upright. Why should the men be a little suspicious about this ship on the horizon? (see line 169)
2. Who does the Mariner see on the decks of the ship? (see )
3. What are the “twain” (pair of persons) doing on the approaching ship? (195)
4. Why do you think that they are doing what they’re doing?
5. What happens to all the other sailors except the Mariner? (see )