Coleridge’sThe Rime of the Ancient MarinerPart IV

Slide presentation on summary , themes & poetic devices

Slide presenterMahmudul HassanID: ENG04706470

Part IV summaryThe mariner’s story continues…

o The wedding guest noticed that the mariner himself looks like a ghost ; skinny brown colored body & with big glittering eyes.

o The Mariner was alone on the ocean & his soul was in bitter pain but no God or Angel tried to relieve his pain.

o The sailors were laying dead on the deck & the Mariner was still alive like the ugly sea creatures.

o The mariner tried to pray but his heart was so hard to pray.

o He found unforgettable could curse in the open eyes of the dead sailors, more horrible than the curse of an orphan.

o The Mariner couldn’t sleep because of the heavy curse.

o One day he saw some water snakes playing in the shadow of his ship. He filled with love for them & blessed them from his heart.

o The Mariner’s love for the water snakes freed him from the curse.

o At last the dead Albatross fell from his neck & he was able to pray.

Part IV summary

The mariner’s story continues…

The wedding guest fears the mariner’s ghost like glittering eyes , his tiny hands and brown wrinkled body.

All the sailors lying dead on the deck

Part IV Themes

o Realization of sins.

o Inability to pray, drink & sleep and the experiences of loneliness symbolizes God’s punishment for a sinful soul.

o Love for all living things.

o Showing love for God’s creations can relieve the sins of a sinful soul.

o The moral tone “ He prayeth well who loveth well, Both man and bird and beast.

The Mariner is alone on the ocean & his soul is in bitter pain

Poetic deviceso 15 stanzas in part IV.

oThe stanzas are usually four, five & six lines long.

oOdd lines are tetrameter & even lines are generally trimeter.

oThe rhymes generally organized in an ABCB, ABAB & ABAAB scheme.

The mariner can feel the horrible curse in the dead sailors eyes

The mariner tries to pray, but he can not pray.

The Mariner shows his sympathy & love for the water snakes

Now the Mariner is free from curse & he’s able to pray

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