Comments for Turtle Reader » The Rime of the Ancient Mariner http://www.turtlereader.com Slow and steady, page by page... Sun, 12 Oct 2008 08:34:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 Comment on The Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Day 27 of 27 by ScottS-M http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/samuel-taylor-coleridge/the-rime-of-the-ancient-mariner-day-27-of-28/#comment-251 ScottS-M Fri, 13 Jul 2007 05:45:25 +0000 http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/samuel-taylor-coleridge/the-rime-of-the-ancient-mariner/the-rime-of-the-ancient-mariner-day-27-of-28/#comment-251 An interesting poem. Not at all what I was expecting with the ghosts and demons and such. It seems kind of crappy that this guy kills the albatross and the rest of the crew dies for it. I guess he's supposed to be being punished by having to travel around visiting strange lands but it sounds quite a bit better than being dead to me. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rime_of_the_Ancient_Mariner" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a> has some interesting analysis. I didn't realize Death and the Nightmare were <a href="http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/samuel-taylor-coleridge/the-rime-of-the-ancient-mariner/the-rime-of-the-ancient-mariner-day-8-of-28/" rel="nofollow">playing dice for the mariner's life</a> (<q>The naked hulk alongside came, / And the twain were casting dice; / "The game is done! I've won! I've won!" / Quoth she, and whistles thrice.</q>) when I read it. Also from Wikipedia: <q>The theme song from Gilligan's Island shares the same rhyme scheme as The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.</q> It turns out that this poem is in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_meter" rel="nofollow">common meter</a> (along with many others [hence the common]). This means that the lines have 8-6-8-6 syllables. I managed to not notice that until now. I'm obviously a poetry pro. Anyway it works out that you can sing the poem to Gilligan's Island or Amazaing Grace. I'm glad I didn't find that out til now since the three hour tour really doesn't help the gravitas of 18th century poetry. An interesting poem. Not at all what I was expecting with the ghosts and demons and such. It seems kind of crappy that this guy kills the albatross and the rest of the crew dies for it. I guess he’s supposed to be being punished by having to travel around visiting strange lands but it sounds quite a bit better than being dead to me.

Wikipedia has some interesting analysis. I didn’t realize Death and the Nightmare were playing dice for the mariner’s life (The naked hulk alongside came, / And the twain were casting dice; / “The game is done! I’ve won! I’ve won!” / Quoth she, and whistles thrice.) when I read it.

Also from Wikipedia: The theme song from Gilligan’s Island shares the same rhyme scheme as The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. It turns out that this poem is in common meter (along with many others [hence the common]). This means that the lines have 8-6-8-6 syllables. I managed to not notice that until now. I’m obviously a poetry pro. Anyway it works out that you can sing the poem to Gilligan’s Island or Amazaing Grace. I’m glad I didn’t find that out til now since the three hour tour really doesn’t help the gravitas of 18th century poetry.

]]> Comment on The Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Day 8 of 27 by ScottS-M http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/samuel-taylor-coleridge/the-rime-of-the-ancient-mariner-day-8-of-28/#comment-201 ScottS-M Thu, 28 Jun 2007 13:23:05 +0000 http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/samuel-taylor-coleridge/the-rime-of-the-ancient-mariner/the-rime-of-the-ancient-mariner-day-8-of-28/#comment-201 A ghost ship is certainly an unexpected twist. I was thinking more along the lines of the first part: sailing, winds, birds, that type of thing. It'll be interesting to see where it goes from here. A ghost ship is certainly an unexpected twist. I was thinking more along the lines of the first part: sailing, winds, birds, that type of thing. It’ll be interesting to see where it goes from here.

]]> Comment on The Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Day 7 of 27 by TurtleReader http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/samuel-taylor-coleridge/the-rime-of-the-ancient-mariner-day-7-of-28/#comment-195 TurtleReader Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:17:05 +0000 http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/samuel-taylor-coleridge/the-rime-of-the-ancient-mariner/the-rime-of-the-ancient-mariner-day-7-of-28/#comment-195 <dl><dt><a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/gramercy" rel="nofollow">gramercy</a></dt> <dd>Used to express surprise or gratitude</dd> <dt><a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/weal" rel="nofollow">weal</a></dt> <dd>Prosperity; happiness</dd></dl>
gramercy
Used to express surprise or gratitude
weal
Prosperity; happiness
]]> Comment on The Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Day 3 of 27 by TurtleReader http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/samuel-taylor-coleridge/the-rime-of-the-ancient-mariner-day-3-of-28/#comment-177 TurtleReader Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:47:17 +0000 http://www.turtlereader.com/news/the-rime-of-the-ancient-mariner-day-3-of-28/#comment-177 <a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=19971117" rel="nofollow">Swound</a> is an archaic form of swoon. Swound is an archaic form of swoon.

]]> Comment on The Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Day 2 of 27 by TurtleReader http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/samuel-taylor-coleridge/the-rime-of-the-ancient-mariner-day-2-of-28/#comment-175 TurtleReader Mon, 18 Jun 2007 17:43:59 +0000 http://www.turtlereader.com/news/the-rime-of-the-ancient-mariner-day-2-of-28/#comment-175 <dl><dt><a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/kirk" rel="nofollow">kirk </a></dt><dd>A church</dd></dl>
kirk
A church
]]> Comment on The Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Day 1 of 27 by TurtleReader http://www.turtlereader.com/authors/samuel-taylor-coleridge/the-rime-of-the-ancient-mariner-day-1-of-28/#comment-174 TurtleReader Mon, 18 Jun 2007 17:40:46 +0000 http://www.turtlereader.com/news/the-rime-of-the-ancient-mariner-day-1-of-28/#comment-174 <a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/eftsoons" rel="nofollow">Eftsoons</a> apparently means <q>soon afterward; presently</q>. Eftsoons apparently means soon afterward; presently.

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