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Poetic Forms
ECA Poetry Module 2012
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Poetic Forms
Narrative poemsA poem with story
Usually written in quatrains
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The Rime of the
Ancient MarinerT S Coleridge
Terms to note:-
Religious undertones:
1. The Albatross
a giant sea bird
Symbolism:
sign of life/ omen of good luck
Christ/ saviour
the killing of the albatross thus resulted in heavy
consequences for the mariner
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The Rime of the
Ancient Mariner2. Death (a skelton)
and the Night-mare Life-in-Death (a
deathly-pale woman)
they were playing dice to see who
would win to take the souls of the crew
Life-in-Death won
the crew eventually died one by one but
the Mariner was denied the relief of death
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The Rime of the
Ancient Mariner3. Wicked whisper
Could symbolise the
Mariners prideHe was still prideful and
thus could not be
relieved from the curse
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The Rime of the
Ancient MarinerSymbolism of PRIDE
Satan was cursed by
God because he felt he was
too good (He was in fact a
very good disciple of God)
Why did the Mariner
kill the albatross?
How did he attain
salvation in the end?
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