1.
Why does the wedding guest call the
ancient Mariner a grey‐bearded loon?
2.
How did the Ancient Mariner stop one
of the wedding guests? What was his reaction?
3.
Was the wedding guest happy to be
stopped? Give reasons for your answer.
4.
Describe the ancient mariner?
5.
How does the mariner describe the
movement of the ship as it sails away from the land?
6. What kind of weather did the sailors
enjoy at the beginning of their journey? How has it been expressed in the poem?
7.
Describe the ship’s journey from
harbour to the southern sea full of mist and snow.
8.
Briefly describe how the ship was
caught in the storm?
9.
How did the sailors reach the land of
mist and snow?
10.
How does the ancient mariner describe
the land of mist and snow?
11.
How does the mariner express the fact
that the ship was completely surrounded by icebergs?
12.
How was the arrival of the albatross a
good omen?
Or
What
were the blessings which the mariners experienced when the albatross arrived on
the ship?
13.
Why was the albatross considered a
Christian soul?
14.
How do we know that the albatross was
not afraid of the humans? Why did the sailors hail it in God's name?
15.
What was the terrible deed done by the
Mariner? Why do you think he did it?
16.
How did the sailing conditions change
after the ship had moved out of the land of mist and snow? What or who did the
mariners blame for this change?
17.
What consequences did the mariners
have to face as a result of killing the albatross?
18.
Why does the mariner say that 'no
sweet bird did follow'?
19. How did the other mariners behave
towards the Ancient Mariner at first? How many times did they change their mind
about the Ancient Mariner? What does this tell us about their character?
Or
The
ancient mariner’s shipmates are a bunch of fickle minded sailors. Comment.
20.
Why did the sailors hang the dead
albatross round the neck of the mariner?
21. What is indicated by the line 'The
bloody sun, at noon/Right up above the mast did stand/No bigger than the moon'?
22.
How does the mariner describe the fact
that they were completely motionless in the middle of the sea?
23.
What happened when the Ancient
Mariner’s ship reached the equator?
24.
What painful experience did the
mariner undergo in “the silent sea”?
25. ‘Water, water, everywhere.... Nor any
drop to drink’. When does the ancient mariner make this comment?
26. What
impression do you form of the ancient mariner from the poem?
27.
Justify the title “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”
28.
What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?
29.
Write a short note on the element of
supernaturalism in the poem.
30. What
is the poet trying to convey through this poem?
31.
What is a ballad? Discuss “Rime of the ancient Mariner” as a ballad.
32. Find examples of the use of
interesting sounds from the poem and explain their effect on the reader.
33.
“And I had done a hellish thing
And it would work them woe;
For all averred, I
had killed the bird That made the breeze to blow.
Ah wretch! said they,
the bird to slay, That made the breeze to blow!”
What is the hellish
thing?
Does the sailors
opinion change later? If yes, in what way does it change?
Why had the mariner
killed the bird?
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