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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?