English Literature Romantic Poetry S. T. Coleridge Selected Poems: The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner
English Literature Romantic Poetry
S. T. Coleridge Selected Poems: The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner. Brief Questions with Answers S.Q: 1-50
Q.1. Who is called the poet of supernatural? Ans. Coleridge is called the poet of supernatural.
Q.2. When and were was S.T. Coleridge born?Ans. Samuel Taylor Coleridge was born in Devonshire on the 21st October, 1772.
Q.3. When could Coleridge read the Bible and the Arabian Nights?
Ans. He could read the Bible and the Arabian Nights before he was five.
Q.4. Whom did Coleridge marry?
Ans. He married Sarah Fricker the sister-in-law of Southey, another romantic poet.
Q.5. Why did Coleridge take opium?
Ans. He took opium to relieve attacks of neuralgia.
Q.6. Who helped Coleridge to get rid of opium-taking?
Ans. His physician Mr. Gillman helped him to get rid of opium-taking.
Q.7. What are the masterpieces of S.T. Coleridge?
Ans. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Christabel, and Kubla Khan are the masterpieces of S.T. Coleridge.
Q.8. Why is Coleridge called the most representative of all English romantic poets?Ans. He is called the most representative of all English romantic poets because he presents in his work almost all the triumphs and perils of the romantic spirit.
Q.9. Who settled an annuity of £150 on Coleridge for life?
Ans. Josiah and Thomas Wedgwood settled an annuity of £150 on Coleridge for life in 1798 but withdrew in 1811.
Q.10. When was The Rime of the Ancient Mariner first published?
Ans. The poem was first published in 1798 in the Lyrical Ballads.
Q.11. Who planned to write The Rime of the Ancient Mariner?
Ans. Both Wordsworth and Coleridge planned to write The Rime of the Ancient Mariner on Nov. 20, 1797, when they were walking in the Quantocks.
Q.12. On what was The Rime of the Ancient Mariner founded?
Ans. The poem was founded on a dream of Coleridge's friend, Cruikshank.
Q.13. What was said in the Argument of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner?
Ans. It was said in the argument of the poem that how a ship being driven by storms entered the Pacific Ocean and in what manner the Ancient Mariner came back to his own country.
Q.14. What is an argument?
Ans. An argument is a brief summary of the plot prefixed to a literary work. It is a prose statement summarizing the plot or stating the meaning of a long poem.
Q.15. How is The Rime of the Ancient Mariner divided?
Ans. The poem is divided into seven parts.
Q.16. Whom did the Ancient Mariner stop?Ans. The Ancient Mariner stopped one of the three wedding guests going to the feast.
Q.17. How did the Ancient Mariner stop one of the three wedding guests?
Ans. The Ancient Mariner stopped one of the three wedding guests by his long grey beard and glittering eye.
Q.18. What does the Glittering eye suggest?
Ans. Glittering eye is a mark of intelligence or of great will power which the Ancient Mariner exercises over the wedding guest whom he stopped.
Q.19. Why did the Ancient Mariner stopped one of the wedding guests?
Ans. He stopped one of the wedding guests to tell him the story of his last journey on the sea.
Q.20. How is the hand of the Ancient Mariner?
Ans. His hand is skinny, that is, bonny and thin.
Q.21. How did the Ancient Mariner begin his story?
Ans. The Ancient Mariner began his story abruptly without heeding the guest's words by saying "There was a ship'.
Q.22. How did the Wedding Guest listen to the story of the Ancient Mariner?
Ans. The Wedding Guest was so fascinated that he listened to the story of the Ancient Mariner with the docility of a three-year child.
Q.23. 'The ship was cheered'-What does the line suggest?
Ans. The line suggests that the friends and relatives who came to see off the sailors of the ship wished them a happy voyage.
Q.24. How did the sailors sail away from the harbour?
Ans. They sailed away merrily leaving behind the church, the hill and the lighthouse. These objects gradually disappeared one after the other.
Q.25. How many sailors were there on the board of the ship?
Ans. There were two hundred and one sailors including the old mariner on the board of the ship.
Q.26. The Sun came up upon the left-What does the line suggest?
Ans. It means that the east was on the left side of the ship. It indicates that the ship was sailing southward.
Q.27. Why did the Wedding-Guest beat his breast.
Ans. The Wedding-Guest beat his breast because he heard the loud sound of the bassoon which indicated that the bride had walked into the hall.
Q.28. What is a bassoon?
Ans. A bassoon is a wind instrument producing a deep sound
Q.29. How is the bride?
Ans. She is exceedingly beautiful like a red rose.
Q.30. Who nodded their heads before the bride?
Ans. A band of musicians nodded their heads merrily as they passed through the hall before the bride.
Q.31. 'And now the Storm-blast came, and he Was tyrannous and strong'- What figure of speech is used here?
Ans. Personification is used here. The storm is here personified as having the quality of a person being tyrannous and strong.
Watch video English Literature Romantic Poetry S. T. Coleridge Selected Poems: The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner online without registration, duration hours minute second in high quality. This video was added by user Brighton English BD 07 November 2024, don't forget to share it with your friends and acquaintances, it has been viewed on our site 1 once and liked it people.