Water, water, everywhere
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He holds him with his glittering eye -
The Wedding-Guest stood still,
And listens like a three years’ child:
The Mariner hath his will.
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This could be in applied in any event of life where people gathered to celebrate something and end up listening to someone with interest.
The Wedding-Guest sat on a stone:
He cannot choose but hear;
And thus spake on that ancient man,
The bright-eyed Mariner. -
There is always people that get stucked in conversations that they do not want to hear, people that out of respect and education have to listen to it anyway.
“The ship was cheered, the harbour cleared,
Merrily did we drop
Below the kirk, below the hill,
Below the lighthouse top.” -
This is a clear example of times when people take long trips and families and friends come to the airport to say farewell.
The sun came up upon the left,
Out of the sea came he!
And he shone bright, and on the right
Went down into the sea. -
When people is out on the sea for too long they get used to seeing the sun rise upon the left, this could happen to fishermen or cruise crew.
Do you agree or disagree with Coleridge about the message in this poem? Why? I disagree because the poem itself has no lack of imagination whatsoever. When but in fiction will you see a boat that moves quickly towards you with no wind at all? Also, I liked a lot the message of the story, first he shoot the albatross with his crossbow and since that moment he felt guilty for killing something so priced, not appreciating nature.
SIMILE: “As green as emerald”, “As idle as a painted ship”, “Her skin as white as leprosy”.
METAPHOR: “The day was well night done”
PERSONIFICATION: “The sun came up upon the left”, “Out of the sea came he”
ALLITERATION: “The western wave was all a flame”
ASSONANCE: “He holds him with his skinny hand”
INTERNAL RHYME: “The ship was cheered, the harbor cleared”, “The guests are met, the feast is set”
