Part one of term paper
Undoubtedly Coleridge’s "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is one of the most powerfully vivid pieces of writing in all of English literature. It is the use of a regular rhyming scheme, repetition, changes in rhythm, and most importantly, the use of language ,within the poem, that makes "The Ancient Mariner" the celebrated work of art which it ...

Part two of term paper
... is the Mariner, a frightful and compounding image which is continued throughout. "I fear thee, ancient Mariner! I fear thy skinny hand! And thou art long and lank, and brown As is the ribbed sea-sand" This terrifying portrayal of the Mariner, adds to the highly-charged emotional intensity of the poem by adding colour to the mental picture, whilst at the same time stressing the unnatural and mysteries nature of the ballad. "With throats unslacked, with black lips baked, We could nor laug ...