What is the rhyme scheme in the poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner?

ANSWER : The rhyme scheme of the poem ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ is abcb. This poem is composed in the form of quatrains.

Who said their souls did from their bodies fly in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner?

Edward Henry Wehnert
“Their souls did from their bodies fly,” illustration for “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by Edward Henry Wehnert (1813–68)

What creature swim in the sea beyond the shadow of this ship in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner?

“Beyond the shadow of the ship, / I watched the water-snakes” Illustration by Gustave Doré. Everyone on the ship dies except for the Mariner. Surrounded by dead men and the rotting sea with slimy creatures, he tries to pray but is unable to do so. For seven days he suffers, seeing the curse in the dead men’s eyes.

What is the Curse of the Ancient Mariner?

In Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, the mariner is cursed because he has killed the albatross, showing a criminal disregard for a creature of nature. Everyone on the ship is cursed (the mariner because he killed the bird—and the crew that eventually condoned his action). Their sentence is death.

What character said their souls did from their bodies fly?

Like the whizz of my cross-bow! In these last lines of the poem, the mariner says that their souls fled their bodies to enter heaven or hell. Yet each soul passed by him with a whizzing sound like that of his arrow that had killed the Albatross.

What did the albatross symbolize?

So, what does Albatross symbolizes? The albatrosses are symbolic of freedom, hope, strength, wanderlust, and navigation. In many cultures, it is believed that these birds possess magical properties that can be used in healing. In ancient myths, the albatross was believed to bring good luck to seafarers who spotted it.

What does the albatross symbolize quote?

The albatross is a complicated symbol within the poem. Historically, albatross were seen by sailors as omens of good luck, and initially the albatross symbolizes this to the sailors when it appears just as a wind picks up to move the ship. The dead albatross, also, can be read more generally as a mark of sin.

What is another term for albatross?

What is another word for albatross?