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Assignment One - Samuel Taylor Coleridge, “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner�

Beyond the shadow of the ship,
I watch'd the water-snakes:
They moved in tracks of shining white,
And when they rear'd, the elfish light
Fell off in hoary flakes.

Within the shadow of the ship
I watch'd their rich attire:
Blue, glossy green, and velvet black,
They coil'd and swam; and every track
Was a flash of golden fire.

O happy living things! no tongue
Their beauty might declare:
A spring of love gush'd from my heart,
And I bless'd them unaware:
Sure my kind saint took pity on me,
And I bless'd them unaware.

The selfsame moment I could pray;
And from my neck so free
The Albatross fell off, and sank
Like lead into the sea

Consider the above extract from part IV carefully. Offer an analysis of Coleridge’s poetic methods and the concerns in the extract, remembering to comment on its importance for the poem as a whole.

Coleridge’s ballad, “The......

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