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 B.Q: 50-94
Q.50. How was the skin of the Woman on the spectre-ship? What does it suggests?
Ans. The skin of the Woman on the spectre-ship was as white leprosy as which suggests death.
Q.51. Who is given the name Life-in-Death? What is the significance of the name?
Ans. The woman on the spectre-ship is given the name, Life-in-Death. Her red lips suggest life while her white skin suggests death. So she is called Life-in-Death which means lingering of death.
Q.52. 'And the twain were casting dice'- Who are the 'twain'? Why were they casting dice?Ans. The 'twain' were Death and Life-in-Death, two figures on the spectre-ship. They were casting/ playing dice to win the Ancient Mariner.
Q.53. Who wins the play at dice?
Ans. Life-in Death wins the play at dice and so she gets the Ancient Mariner?
Q.54. 'Fear at my heart, as at a cup
My life-blood seemed to sip!'- What figures of speech are used here?
Ans. The figures of speech used here are simile and personification. Here Fear is personified as a monster who takes the Mariner's life-blood in a cup and drinks it.
Q.55. How did the two hundred sailors die?Ans. The two hundred sailors died one after another without sighing or groaning.
Q.56. What did the two hundred sailors do while dying?
Ans. While dying the two hundred sailors cursed the Ancient Mariner with their eyes.
Q-57. 'I fear thee, ancient Mariner'- Who fears the Ancient Mariner and why?
Ans. The Wedding-Guest fears the Ancient Mariner because of his skinny hand, lean and thin figure and glittering eye. For all these the Wedding-Guest thinks him to be a ghost.
Q.58. 'Alone, alone, all, all alone'-Who is alone and why?
Ans. The Ancient Mariner is alone on the wide sea because all his companions were dead.
Q.59. 'I looked upon the rotting sea'-Why does the Ancient Mariner think the sea as 'the rotting sea'?
Ans. The sea seems to the Ancient Mariner 'rotting' because of its foul water which cannot be drunk and the sea creatures which seems to him ugly and hateful.
Q.60. 'I looked upon the rotting deck'- Why does the Ancient Mariner think the deck 'rotting"?
Ans. The Ancient Mariner thinks the deck of his ship 'rotting' because it was made ugly by the dead bodies of his two hundred companions.
Q.61. 'I looked to Heaven, and tried to pray'-But why couldn't the Ancient Mariner pray?
Ans. The Ancient Mariner looked towards the sky and tried to pray to God. But before he could pray, a wicked whisper influenced his heart and made him absolutely incapable of praying to God.
Q.62. How terrible is the curse in a dead man's eye?
Ans. The curse in a dead man's eye is more terrible than the curse of an orphan, which can bring an angel from heaven to hell.
Q.63. 'Seven days, seven nights, I saw that curse. And yet I could not die'- What is reflected in these lines? Why couldn't the Ancient Mariner die?
Ans. These lines reflect the agony and despair of the Ancient Mariner. He could not die because he had been won by Life-in-Death in the game of dice.
Q.64. Her beams be mocked the sultry main'- How did the moonlight seem to be mocking the sultry sea?
Ans. The moonlight was cool while the sea was very hot. Thus the cool moonlight seemed to be mocking the sultry sea.
Q.65. Where did the Ancient Mariner saw the water snakes?
Ans. The Ancient Mariner saw the water-snakes beyond the shadow of his ship.
Q.66. What were the colours of the water-snakes?
Ans. The colours of the water-snakes were blue, shining green and black like velvet.
Q.67. How did the Ancient Mariner bless the water-snakes?
Ans. The Ancient Mariner blessed the water-snakes unconsciously.
Q.68. Why had the Ancient Mariner been able to bless the water-snakes?
Ans. The Ancient Mariner had been able to bless the water-snakes because his guardian angel had taken pity on him as he appreciated the colours of the water-snakes.
Q.69. Why did the dead Albatross fall off from the Ancient Mariner's neck?
Ans. As the Ancient Mariner blesses the water-snakes, he enjoys the grace of God and as a result the dead Albatross fell off from his neck into the sea.
Q.70. 'She sent the gentle sleep from Heaven'-Who sent the gentle 'sleep' and for whom and when?
Ans. The Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus Christ, sent the gentle 'sleep' from Heaven for the Ancient Mariner. When the Ancient Mariner blessed the water-snakes from his heart, the dead Albatross fell off from his neck and the Virgin Mary sent sleep for him.
Q.71. When did the Ancient Mariner fall into deep sleep?
Ans. When the Ancient Mariner had shown true love to the water-snakes, he relieved of the curse of the sailors and fell into a deep sleep.
Q.72. How did the Ancient Mariner feel when he woke up?
Ans. When the Ancient Mariner woke up, he felt that his lips were moistened, his throat was cold and his clothes were wet with rain.
Q.73. 'I thought that I had died in sleep,
And was a blessed ghost.'
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