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Burns
Blake
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner 1
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner 2
Mystery Mix
100
The meaning of the line that states "the best laid schemes gang aft agley" is this.
The most thoughtfully made plans do not always go as planned.
100
In "The Tyger," these images suggest a demonic creator.
Images of fire, heat, and brightness
100
The Mariner randomly snatches this man on the street outside a big event.
A Wedding Guest
100
The curse is broken when the Mariner does this.
Blesses the water snakes
100
The Mariner sees these in the water while he is on the ship.
Water snakes
200
In "To a Mouse," the speaker discusses the uncertainty of life and calls the mouse a "fellow mortal," suggesting that they have this in common.
A shared fate, an uncertain future
200
In "The Tyger," the speaker seems to ask this question about evil.
Why is there evil in the world?
200
The sailors were so happy to see the albatross because it meant this might be nearby.
Land
200
The Mariner both finds peace from his harrowing experience and pays penance for it by doing this.
Sharing his story with others
200
The Wedding Guest does this after the Mariner leaves.
Walks away from the wedding, stunned
300
The most famous line of "To a Mouse" is this.
"The best laid schemes of mice and men gang aft agley."
300
According to the speaker of "The Lamb," this person made the lamb
Christ
300
The sailors punish the Mariner by doing this to him.
Hanging the dead albatross around his neck
300
The Mariner's story has this effect on the Wedding Guest.
He is sadder and wiser.
300
In "A Poison Tree," the speaker's anger produces this.
A poison tree, an apple
400
The farmer means this when he calls the mouse a "fellow mortal."
They have a shared fate. They are both on the same earth, living and dying.
400
The theme of "A Poison Tree" is this.
Unresolved anger affects all people involved and can lead to disastrous events.
400
Two characters gamble for control of the Mariner, and this one wins.
Life-in-Death
400
This supernatural being stops following the Mariner when the curse is broken.
The Polar Spirit, the spirit from the South Pole
400
The tone of the speaker's voice in "The Lamb" is this.
Calm, gentle
500
"Why does the unforeseen often affect our plans?" is a possible essential question for this poem.
To a Mouse
500
When his enemy lies dead, the speaker feels this emotion.
Gladness
500
The Mariner uses an image of the sun peeking through the approaching vessel to describe the boat as this.
A skeleton, skeletal
500
The theme of the poem is this.
Show love and respect for all things, both big and small.
500
Wordsworth and Coleridge wrote a book called this.
Lyrical Ballads