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Vsuresh Posted 14 years ago
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The poem Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge is one of the most well known classical poems. It contains very beautiful and memorable lines. The poem is about the curse the ship, with an ancient mariner and the crew, suffers as the mariner kills a bird, a benevolent albatross which actually brings them good luck.
The poem contains many instances where the reader senses the work of the supernatural. The very character of the ancient mariner has a touch of supernatural element to it.
The description of ancient mariner, that is, his skinny hands and the look of his eyes, which glittered, suggests that he possessed powers clearly out of bounds for a normal human being. And it was only because of this extra-human power was he able to bring the wedding guest under his control and make him listen to his story like a three-year old child.
Secondly, the coming of the bird, an albatross when the ship was struck in ice and subsequent relief the sailors felt as the breeze returned and ship began to move makes the reader think god was helping them. It was the time when the mariners were struck amidst ice which was mast high. There was no sign of breeze and thus the mariners were caught in a miserable condition and they had almost given up on life. In such a desperate situation came the albatross from nowhere. The mariners hailed it as Christian Soul as they felt the coming of the bird was really godsend. They felt the bird was to bring them good luck. The bird came to the mariner‘s hallo and sailors enjoyed its company as it resuscitated their dying spirit tormented by the inclement weather.
Thirdly, the situation the mariner and his crew faced in the ship which would not move a bit carries the work of supernatural element. Then, they spent days without end cut off from human companionship. Here the reader feels that a terrible curse had befallen the ship and they were transported to a world where there was no human help or consolation and as a result the ship was heading for an end in a most sinister form.
The supernatural element is at its height as the mariners envision their death against the rotting of the sea, which is completely unnatural. They imagined dirty sea creatures crawling onto their ship and water being like witch’s oil burning red green and white. All this only reinforce the readers’ understanding that the ancient mariner and his crew were being punished ruthlessly for the killing of an innocent bird.
The life that the ancient mariner led after all his crew starved to death was befitting to the sin he had committed. Being plagued and tormented by his conscience he led a life which is devoid of any peace, let alone pleasure confessing to whomsoever he met the wrong he had done to a creature which brought them good luck and resulting death of the sailors for which he was the cause.
Thus the use of supernatural element in the poem enhances the effect the poem has on the reader and makes him or her aware of the divine retribution which awaits a wrong act.
Please point out the grammatical errors in this essay:
The poem Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge is one of the most well known classical poems. It contains very beautiful and memorable lines. The poem is about the curse the ship, with an ancient mariner and the crew, suffers as the mariner kills a bird, a benevolent albatross which actually brings them good luck.
The poem contains many instances where the reader senses the work of the supernatural. The very character of the ancient mariner has a touch of supernatural element to it.
The description of ancient mariner, that is, his skinny hands and the look of his eyes, which glittered, suggests that he possessed powers clearly out of bounds for a normal human being. And it was only because of this extra-human power was he able to bring the wedding guest under his control and make him listen to his story like a three-year old child.
Secondly, the coming of the bird, an albatross when the ship was struck in ice and subsequent relief the sailors felt as the breeze returned and ship began to move makes the reader think god was helping them. It was the time when the mariners were struck amidst ice which was mast high. There was no sign of breeze and thus the mariners were caught in a miserable condition and they had almost given up on life. In such a desperate situation came the albatross from nowhere. The mariners hailed it as Christian Soul as they felt the coming of the bird was really godsend. They felt the bird was to bring them good luck. The bird came to the mariner‘s hallo and sailors enjoyed its company as it resuscitated their dying spirit tormented by the inclement weather.
Thirdly, the situation the mariner and his crew faced in the ship which would not move a bit carries the work of supernatural element. Then, they spent days without end cut off from human companionship. Here the reader feels that a terrible curse had befallen the ship and they were transported to a world where there was no human help or consolation and as a result the ship was heading for an end in a most sinister form.
The supernatural element is at its height as the mariners envision their death against the rotting of the sea, which is completely unnatural. They imagined dirty sea creatures crawling onto their ship and water being like witch’s oil burning red green and white. All this only reinforce the readers’ understanding that the ancient mariner and his crew were being punished ruthlessly for the killing of an innocent bird.
The life that the ancient mariner led after all his crew starved to death was befitting to the sin he had committed. Being plagued and tormented by his conscience he led a life which is devoid of any peace, let alone pleasure confessing to whomsoever he met the wrong he had done to a creature which brought them good luck and resulting death of the sailors for which he was the cause.
Thus the use of supernatural element in the poem enhances the effect the poem has on the reader and makes him or her aware of the divine retribution which awaits a wrong act.
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