Romanticism
What is the purpose of Romantic art and literature?
To appeal to the emotions of the viewer, reader, or listener.
What is the most obvious characteristic found in all Romantic pieces?
An emphasis on emotion
Which poetic sound device is found in the following line(s): "The guests are met, the feast is set" (line 7).
Internal rhyme (met | set)
Which character parallels us as readers/listeners?
The Wedding Guest
What did the albatross symbolize to the sailers when they see it fly out of the fog and mist?
Hope, life, a savior (Christ)
Which popular 18th Century genre was born out of Romanticism?
Gothic Horror
Aside from emotional passion (emphasis on religion) which Romantic Characteristic is most obviously displayed in this excerpt: "He prayeth best, who loveth best / All things both great and small; / For the dear God who loveth us, / He made and loveth all" (lines 614-7).
Admiration of the natural world
What is the purpose of a poet using poetic sound devices?
To enhance the beauty of the piece
Why does the Wedding Guest stay to listen to the Mariner's tale?
He is compelled/forced to stay because of the Mariner's hypnotic, "glittering eye" (line 3).
According to the sailors' superstition, why was the Mariner admirable for shooting the Albatross?
The fog and mist disappears, forcing the ship to move again. They believed the Albatross brought unfavorable weather when it was alive.
Who is the author of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner?
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Which Romantic Characteristic is most obviously displayed in this excerpt: "They groaned, they stirred, they all uprose, / Nor spake, nor moved their eyes; / It had been strange even in a dream, / To have seen those dead men rise" (lines 331-4)
Interest in the mystic and supernatural
Which poetic sound device is found in the following line(s): "Water, water, everywhere, / And all the boards did shrink; / Water, water, everywhere, / Nor any drop to drink" (lines 119-22).
Repetition: "Water, water, everywhere" x 2
Who gambles for the fate of the Mariner?
Death and Nightmare Life-in-Death
Why do the sailors choose to hang the dead Albatross from the Mariner's neck?
--To remind him of his sin & guilt
--To remind others of what he has done wrong
--To symbolize the "heavy" burden of his wrongdoing (physically heavy and emotionally heavy)
What personal difficulties did the author of Rime face?
--Chronic illness (asthma & rheumatism)
--Opium addiction
According to Romantics, what was responsible for making adults less pure than children?
Urbanization and experiencing harsh realities of life.
Which poetic sound device is found in the following line(s): "I looked upon the rotting sea" (line 240)
Assonance (Upon | rotting)
What happens after the Mariner's crew rises from the dead?
They begin completing their tasks on the ship; these were the same jobs they executed when they were alive.
What is the significance of the Albatross falling off of the Mariner's neck?
The curse of the Albatross is broken.
What type of topics does Gothic Horror explore?
The occult and taboo subjects.
Which Romantic Characteristic is most obviously displayed in this excerpt: "I saw a third -- I heard his voice: / It is the Hermit good! / He singeth loud his godly hymns / That he makes in the wood. / He'll shrieve my soul, he'll wash away / The Albatross's blood" (lines 508-13).
Emotional passion -- exploration of religion and spirituality
Which poetic sound device is found in the following line(s):"In mist or cloud, on mast or shroud" (line 75)
Consonance: (mist | mast)
What does the Mariner experience which forces him to tell his tale over and over again?
He feels a burning in his heart; this agony does not leave until he tells someone the story.
Why does the Albatross fall off of the Mariner's neck?
He "blesses them [the sea snakes] unaware" indicating that he appreciates nature, thus can be forgiven for his sin of harming one of God's creatures.