In part the fourth the first thing that happens is actually not in the real story but back to the Mariner telling the story. The first point that happens is when the wedding guest is watching and listening to the mariner telling his story but it is making him feel uncomfortable because of the very strange events that have already took place. I think this because in the poem it says ‘ I fear thee, ancient Mariner! I fear thy skinny hand’ which makes me think that he is almost wanting to get away yet something is almost stopping him.
The second key event that took place was the fact that everyone around him was dead on the ship but creatures lurked in the water. Then he tried to pray but it was as though they were not letting him. I think this because in the poem which reads ‘I looked to heaven, and tried to pray: but or ever a prayer had gusht, a wicked whisper came, and made, my heart as dry as dust’. This made me think that it was like they weren’t letting him pray and the whispers could be saying something like “look what you have done you nasty human being. We shall not allow you to pray at your time of need.” This thought made me think what if the woman that looked like death has cursed him and he can’t get anything he wants for al, of the sins he has committed on this journey into unknown territory.
The third key event in part the fourth is that the bodies lying dead on the floor aren’t exactly dead. Although the souls have left the body it seems that they are almost like zombies. There are many reasons I think they are almost like zombies. For one, when a body dies it begins to rot and starts to smell. However in this poem neither of these have happened they are just lying there doing nothing. Another reason that I think they are almost like zombies is because they can’t actually get up and walk, well not as far as I have read anyway,however as the mariner walked along the boat every single pair of eyes on the boat followed him. If he moved to the right then all of the dead men’s eyes would follow. To back up this there is a stanza in the poem that says ‘The cold sweat melted from their limbs, nor reek or rot did they: the look with which they looked on me, had never passed away’. Because of this I predict that in the parts that are soon to follow the bodies will start being able to move and haunt him in someways or another This could be by the lady looking like death putting them in hid dreams or the bodies just being able to slowly get up and do something to him physically.
The fourth key thing that has happened in this poem is that he saw some water snakes lurking around the boat and he has giving them a blessing. I know this because in the poem it says ‘And I blessed them unaware’. This is very surprising because earlier in part the fourth, he tried to pray but the world just didn’t let him, however somehow he has blessed the water snakes that he is watching. I think that the Mariner might be only allowed to pray thing good in others because if he realises that he has blessed them and then tries to pray, I predict that whoever or whatever is not allowing him to pray is going to do it again.
The fifth thing that has happened is not actually in the poem, but something I have been starting to think is getting increasing more true. I think there is something the mariner can do with his eyes that makes things happen to others. Even from part the first there are things to support for example ‘he can not chuse but hear’ which I think can show that he has sort of hypnotised the wedding guest into listening to his story. Another example of this is towards the end of part the third when the 50 men all start dropping dead. Before they drop dead, each one of them look the mariner in the eye. When that was made maybe the eye contact between them and the mariner with his eyes could have killed them for giving him the look. I’m not exactly sure if this is true but I have a feeling it is along the lines of the mariner having a supernatural power. The metaphor I have located is ‘ a spring of love gushed from my heart’. I think it is trying to say he suddenly fell in love with the water snakes. I think this because he blessed them and saying that a spring of love came made me think that he suddenly fell in love with the water snakes.
Author: Tyler
Perfect paragraph attempt 1
Sprinting down the road, he desperately tried to keep running through the agony. After another few hundred meters he dared to stop and brought up the courage to look down. It was worse than he thought. Blood was seeping out like pouring milk into cereal. He cried out for help. Approaching him a black blur faced him. What at first seemed to be a hand looked a whole lot different a few seconds later. A huge bang rung his ears. The world went quiet. The world went black.
Part the third summary
The first point I am going to write about is that the Mariner is stuck in the middle of an unknown area and now that they are stuck, the Mariner is forced to suck his own blood to stay alive. Secondly, when all hope is lost, they see a boat in the distance but it has women and another figure that looks like death. Thirdly, she says I have won and then it suddenly goes dark while the boat vanishes. Then finally, something weird goes around the sheep that crew on the ship are dropping dead on the ship but it hasn’t yet happened to the Mariner. The metaphor I am going to talk about is ‘Fear at my heart, as at a cup, My life blood seemed to slip. I think this is saying like he is not actually drinking but it is like he is drinking his own despair.
Wonder
I have a few minutes to spare so I thought why not post something to make sure I completely understand what I am doing. I am reading a new book called Wonder. So far- even though I have only read 21 pages- it is very good. The book is about a boy named August who hates his face and has had many surgeries on it. He is 10 and is going to school for the first time. He is unsure but likes the teachers and decides to go. This is a book by R.J Palacio and I strongly recommend it even though I have hardly read it.
The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner Summary
I think the first thing that happened was that the mariner came to land and a wedding guest is forced to listen to what he has to say. Next a came a huge storm and an albatross appeared. It seems that it was giving them good luck. The third big point was that the Mariner shit the albatross with a crossbow.The fourth thing is that all the good things that happened began to stop. Fifth, the wind stopped completely and the boat wasn’t stuck in an ocean on man knew existed. They had a small food and water supply and started to hilusinate. Finally they were at the point that they couldn’t even talk but the Mariner carried the dead bird on a necklace.
Homework part the second
Day after day, day after day,
We suck, nor breath, nor motion,
As idle as a painted ship,
Upon a painted Ocean.
I think this is a metaphor that is trying to say the sea and the ship are still. In a painting there are still waves, but the author who wrote this stanza -Taylor Coleridge- is trying to say that the water of which they were sailing on was still like a painting but still had a few waves.
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Old English:
The wedding-Guest sat on a stone,
He cannot chuse but hear,
And thus he spake on that ancient man,
The bright-eyed Mariner
Normal:
The wedding-Guest sat on a stone,
Forced to listen and hear,
And then spoke to that ancient man,
The bright-eyed Mariner.
I think this paragraph is saying that the man/ woman is meant to be at a wedding but instead the Mariner forced him to sit down on a stone and listen to him.
My reading book
The book that i am currently reading is called Tag. This is a story about a young boy whose mum looks after him because his father was killed. This happened because there was a lump of bricks on the train track and he tried to take it off but then got hit at the last moment. This book is especially good because it kind of reminds me of myself. This is because he is living with no dad like myself and he is around the same age. I like this book because it is about a boy who has grown up with a friend who has taught him right from wrong because he stole and his friend forced him to put it back. I believe there is a moral in this story: that if you have people around you, then it will help you in the long run.
Monopoly Marathon!!!!
Yesterday, Saturday 24th of September, I woke up at 4:50 in the morning in order to make it to my Aunts before 5:30 so my mum would get to South London for the event. My mum and her friend were going to walk the London Marathon Walk. The Monopoly board!! That means they would walk around London passing all the Monopoly Board landmarks . She left the start at 8:00 in the morning and by 8:30 we were out as well. We were going to surprise them by taking the train to Green Park and meeting them in ST James’ park. We got their and waited. 20 minutes later they arrived and were still going strong so we took a picture and they were off again. It was then that we left and went to ST Pancras’ church to meet them for lunch. We ate and then took the 45 to Burgess park and waited a few hours whilst they completed the other 16 miles they had to do (because it was 28 miles). A few hours later they arrived. I was screaming at the top of my lungs cheering them on. They crossed the finish line and they got medals. Once it was over they checked their Justgiving page. They had raised £700 for their chosen charity CLAPA (Cleft Lip And Palate Association) -140% of their £500 target. We got the bus home, had dinner and went to bed. And that was my tiring day.
Hi
I am just trying to see if my blog is working. The fact that you’re reading it means it does so yay.
Tyler
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