RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER

Audience, Purpose, and Tone

Theme…

How do you know when someone is acting guilty? Give specific examples from your own experiencesWhat does guilt do to you?

○ ISOLATION○ DIVISION

“Rime of the Ancient Mariner” Infer…Setting? Main Character? Structure? Theme?

Audience

Who is intended to read this ballad?Romantics of the time: Science vs.

Spirituality; Industry vs. natureChristian allusionsAnyone who feels plagued by guilt

Techniques

Sound devices Imagery Other Lyric Poetry Figurative Language

Strategies

Sound Devices Repetition: repeated use of sounds, words, phrases, or

sentences. Poets use repetition for emphasis as well as to create a musical effect. There are three popular devices that rely on repetition: Alliteration: repetition of initial consonant sounds Consonance: repetition of final consonant sounds Assonance: repetition of similar vowel sounds

Rhyme: repetition of sounds at the ends of words. End rhyme is the most common type of rhyme, which occurs

when rhyming words appear at the ends of lines. Onomatopoeia: use of words that imitate sounds—for

example, words like ring, boom, and growl.

“The fair breeze blew, the white foal flew…”

“a frightful fiend / Doth close behind…”“The western wave was all aflame.” “With heavy thump, a lifeless lump,…”

Now let’s practice…pg 6 packet

Making meaning

Identifying how words are powerful Analyzing then interpreting images Page 7 of packet

What is the author’s purpose?Explain your response To inform? To teach? To persuade? To entertain?

RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER

Audience, Purpose, and Tone

“Instead of the cross, the Albatross/ About my neck was hung”

“I had killed the bird / That made the breeze to blow”

“Hailed it in God’s name”

“Christian soul”

“Crimson red like Gods own head” “blessed them unawares”

Bear that… Cross? Albatross?

Saul/Paul…

Many critics see the ‘Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ as an allegory of some kind of fall,

like……

Of Coleridge -Of Lucifer - Of Adam & Eve-…forbidden fruit?…cast into hell? …opium?

“…the very deep did rot…”

“…slimy things …

Slimy sea”

“I shot the albatross”

“…and I had done a hellish thing…”

“witch’s oils, / … burnt green, and blue and

white”

STRUCTURE:

Sin, Punishment, Redemption…

Coleridge felt a deep sense of sin for his opium addiction. He

was “still haunted by his failure to break free from opium.” - Holmes

The poem could be his way of fathoming his feelings.The “strange power” of the Ancient Mariner, as his difficult feelings.

“mingled strangely with my fears”

“I know that man … must hear me” / “To him my tale I teach”

Coleridge

Just as the Ancient Mariner has to re-tell his tale, Coleridge has to keep on returning to this poem and revising it…

SIN

Punishment

Redemption

Mariner Coleridge

How can we represent the theme visually?

He went like one that hath been stunned

And is of sense forlorn:A sadder and a wiser man, He rose the morrow morn.

TonePositive Negative admiring adoring affectionate appreciative approving bemused benevolent blithe calm casual celebratory cheerful comforting comic compassionate complimentary conciliatory confident Contented respectful reverent romantic Sanguine Introspective Jovial

joyful laudatory light lively mirthful modest nostalgic optimistic passionate placid playful poignant proud reassuring scholarly self-assured

sentimental serene silly sprightly straightforwar

d sympathetic tender tranquil whimsical wistful

delightful earnest ebullient ecstatic effusive elated empathetic encouraging euphoric excited exhilarated expectant facetious fervent flippant forthright friendly funny gleeful gushy happy  Reflective Relaxed Hilarious Hopeful Humorous Interested Zealous worshipful

• derogatory• desolate• despairing• desperate• detached• diabolic• disappointed• disliking• disrespectful• doubtful• embarrassed• enraged• evasive• fatalistic• fearful• forceful• foreboding• frantic• frightened• frustrated• furious• gloomy• grave• greedy• grim• harsh• Haughty• contemptuous• curt• cynical• demanding• depressed• Derisive• condescending• confused• cold• conceited

• reticent• sarcastic• sardonic• scornful• self-deprecating• selfish• serious• severe• sinister• skeptical• sly• solemn• somber• stern• stolid• stressful• strident• suspicious• tense• threatening• tragic• uncertain• uneasy• unfriendly• unsympathetic• upset• Violentabhorringacerbicambiguousambivalentangryannoyedantagonisticanxiousapatheticapprehensivebelligerentbewilderedbiting

• hostile• impatient• incredulous • indifferent• indignant• inflammatory• insecure• insolent• irreverent• lethargic• melancholy• mischievous• miserable• mocking• mournful• nervous• ominous• outraged• paranoid• pathetic• patronizing• pedantic• pensive• pessimistic• pretentious• psychotic• Resigned• bitter• blunt• bossy

Tone/diction =

Audience/purpose

Purpose?

To Inform? To Persuade?

To Entertain? To Teach?

How can we represent the purpose visually?