Senior Final
Please study:
I.Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Knows notes on lyric ballad, ballad stanza
Define and be able to recognize examples of:
Frame story
Personification
Simile
Metaphor
Alliteration
Assonance
Consonance
Supernatural elements of poem- examples
Multiple choice
Short answer
Essay
Answer the following questions as review:
1.To whom does the Ancient Mariner tell his tale? What is the setting of their meeting?
2.What does the Ancient Mariner say he has done? Does he offer an explanation for his actions? What happens to the ship after this deed?
3.How does the crew feel at first about his actions? How and why does their view change? Why is this so important?
4.What do they see coming towards them without the help of any wind? What happens when it reaches their ship? What happens to the crew? Why? What happens to the Ancient Mariner? Why?
5.What comparison does the Mariner make between himself, the water snakes and the dead men in lines 236-239? How does his view of the water snakes change at the end of part four in lines 272-291? Why is this so important?
6.What happens to the Ancient Mariner after his ship sinks? What message is the Mariner compelled to tell from then on? How is this a form of penance?
7.What role do you think the Wedding guest and the setting play in the poem?
8.Do you think the Mariner is responsible for what happens to his crew and ship? Why?
9.Why does this fate befall the crew and Mariner? What does the Mariner’s reaction suggest about his character? What might Coleridge be suggesting about “man” in general?
10.How has the Mariner changed along with his view of the snakes? What is Coleridge suggesting with this change?
11.What does the Mariner’s fate tell you about Coleridge’s outlook on life?
12.Do you think the Mariner’s punishment fits the crime? Why or why not?
13.Coleridge once said that a reader must put aside his or her understanding of reality and accept the writer’s world. Identify three details in the poem that could help the reader accept this story as real.
14.One of the themes of “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” is taking responsibility for one’s actions. How is this evident throughout the poem?
15.For each section of the poem, choose a title that you think best summarizes the crucial plot of that section and then choose a title that you think best summarizes the subtext of that section (the larger thematic issues.)