Sunday, April 15, 2012

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"  



As we listen to the poem, we will stop at the end of each section.  You will comment by sharing your thoughts and questions about what's happening in the poem.  Also, make sure to compliment someone in your post, if you are not the first to respond.


75 comments:

  1. so far, somebody killed a bird at sea, then the bird came back and hung him. I guess?

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  2. a crazy guy is telling a wedding guest of a story where a magic bird saves them from freezing to death then out of boredum he shot the bird and the wind dispeared. they thought it was a supersition.

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  3. The mariner is telling a story of how he shot some bird, and they are stuck at sea and the sea is gross...

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  4. An old man is telling the story of when he was stuck out at sea. In the story the ship got lost and was stuck in ice. But a magic like bird would bring food and some how the wind to make the ship move through the ice. But when the guy shoots the bird with an arrow the bird doesn't bring food anymore. and the old man was punished by the crew.

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  5. These men go out to sea, there's this giant bird, and one of the guys kills it, turns out he was the thing making the wind blow and making the ship move, so they get stuck out in the middle of nowhere. The wind isn't blowing so they aren't moving. They're all dying of thirst and the heat is killing them. So they all hate this douche who shot the freakin bird. And so he's wearing this bird around his neck...i don't know why he just is.

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  6. There is a guy telling a wedding guest a story of a magic bird.The magic bird saves them from freezing to death. But out of pure boredom the guy shoots the bird. After that the wind disappeared and they thought that it was superstition.

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  7. The Mariner is telling a story to a wedding guest. In the story he shot a bird with an arrow.

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  8. I'm not really for sure what this video is about?! I'm not the best at translating old English. I didn't understand anything how the video went with what the narrator was talking about, but again like i said before i didn't understand what he was talking about.

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  9. The mariners telling a story about how he shot a bird and goes on to say that they're all stuck at sea.

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  10. Some people go out to sea and they find a giant bird. One of the guys kills it and finds out it was the thing that was making the wind blow and the ship move. They are stuck out in the sea because of that. Now they are all dying of thirst and they all hate the man that killed the bird. The guy who killed the bird is now wearing the bird. They are lost and stranded in the middle of nowhere now and it's all because of the guy that decided to kill the bird, so they all are obviously blaming him.

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  11. The mariner is telling a story of when he was stuck out at sea. The ship got stuck in ice somehow. A bird would bring food and then there was wind that helped move the ship through the ice.

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  12. In the poem I think the ship had sailed to a land that had not been explored or discovered yet. I think the Mariner wants to tell someone of their discovery so he's telling the wedding guest. I think it must have been an important discovery because the Mariner puts the wedding guest under a spell so he has no choice but to listen.

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  13. Old guy is telling a story to a guy trying to go to a wedding. The old guy is at sea and ice goes all around or something. The southwest winds blew to hard and the fog was thick. The old guy shot the albatras or some sort of bird with his corssbow, thinking the wind would stop.

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    1. so i seen the cool ship, not really trippin yet, the old man is trying to make it creepy, but in reality he sounds like a big dummy.
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  14. So far this guy on a ship shoots down an albatross that creates wind. So when he shoots this albatross down his ship won't move on the sea.Now the mariner and his crew are stranded at sea, with no water to drink.

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    1. WRONG! that didn't happen. FAIL

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    2. Are you causing trouble, Kendra? Aaron's description is pretty accurate.

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  15. I think what is happening, is all these people are out at sea and they don't have food or anything. their just out there surviving on their own. At first, all the people are happy, but then the night gets dark, people get sad, and afraid. The days went on, and on. They got attacked by sea creatures and its really stormy outside, but then the sunshine was beating down on them and the sea creatures.

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  16. The mariners (narrator) tells a man about a bird that got shot and a ship at sea. They're stuck at sea, and it keeps raining.

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  17. The Mariner is the narrator, he is telling the story about being at sea and are without things they need such as food and drinking water. They shot a bird, and its really windy.

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  18. This crazy old man is telling a story of how he killed a bird, and this bird brought some kind of storm. So he shot the bird and the wind suddenly stop. The ship then got stuck, and they ran out of water.

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  19. I'm not really sure what's going on. I just know that this old guy called the mariner is telling his story to a guest at a wedding. He tells him about when they were on a ship and there was this bird. and the mariner shot the bird. Now that the bird was dead it was bad. There was water all around them but there was noting to drink because they were in the ocean. They were all really thirsty. The bird is hanging from the mariners neck.

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    1. It looks like you have a pretty good grasp.

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  20. The old mariner (narrator) is telling the young dude about how he shot this bird like thing called an albatross. After killing this bird he believes it brought some curse upon him and a horrendous storm. They also run out of food and water, and get stuck at sea and see monstrous things.

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  21. Odd animation.
    So it's about a crazy guy telling a story to a wedding guest about how they where stuck in an icy place then a Albatross "Saved" Them. Every day they feed the bird and all is good. Then out of boredom the main character shoots the bird. They get stuck on a horse Latitude, so there is no wind they run out of water, and to "show" his sin he wares the corpse of the dead bird around his neck.

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  23. THE BACKGROUND IS GERMAN

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  24. In the poem so far, the Mariner, an old man is telling a guest a story at a wedding. It is about when he was on a ship and the troubles they encountered. He killed a bird that was helping them while they were stuck in the ice and was creating wind and bringing food. Also they didn't have water so they were really thirsty. The bird is hanging from the Mariner's neck.

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  25. There was a ship!
    The mariner tells his story to one of the visitors in the wedding. The story is about a ship that was sailing through icy waters, meeting sea monsters on their way. Then an albatross appears and they say it is the presence of a christian soul. It gets shot by the mariner with his crossbow and it clears the sky. And the sun starts beating down upon them and they are in lack of food and water, and it is here the second parts starts.

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  26. If you were trippin on acid and you watched this...you would freak out

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    1. I'm surprised people aren't freaking out already.

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  27. These men go out to sea, there's this giant bird, and one of the guys kills it, turns out he was the thing making the wind blow and making the ship move, so they get stuck out in the middle of nowhere. The wind isn't blowing so they aren't moving. They're all dying of thirst and the heat is killing them. So they all hate this douche who shot the freakin bird. And so he's wearing this bird around his neck...i don't know why he just is.

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  28. I don't usually understand these kind of poems so I tend to just space out during them.So yea... I don't know whats going on.

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  30. So I didn't follow everything but this is what I got, the guy killed the big bird then they get stuck on the boat thirsty.

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  31. the mariner set out to sea with his boat buddies and they ended up in a really cold icy place and then the albatross showed up, he shot the goofy looking bird and since everyone ended up really thirsty they called him names and hung the giant bird from his neck.

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  32. So far it is about the mariner, a old man who is telling this story to a wedding guest. It was about when he was out at sea and the troubles he had along with the crew. He killed the bird with a crossbow which was helping them while they were stuck in the ice. The rest of the crew then hung the bird from the neck of the mariner.

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  33. The old guy is standing outside of a wedding where he traps one of the guests. He tells him a story of a boat he was on that went through ice, wind and drought. People were thirsty and there were slimy creatures and stuff. There was a albatross who was good and he shot it and now even more bad things are happening.

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  34. A man was pulled aside at a wedding by an old man, who insisted upon himself to tell his prisoner a story. The gleam in his eye made his story "irresistible" and he continued on, describing in detail his adventures on the sea

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  35. The Mariner is an old man that is telling a story at a wedding. He killed a bird that was helping them while they were stuck in the ice. The bird was creating wind and bringing food to them. All of a sudden the bird is hanging from the Mariner's neck

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  37. the mariner is telling the story a.k.a he is the narrator of the story, umm its very trippy i didnt really catch what was going except for the fact that there was alot of animals and crap. I just know they dont have much food or whater

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  39. Yeha this is why i didnt read it. its boring and it has no relation to me. sorry spence but the poem sucks.

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  40. The Rime of the Ancient mariner is about the mariner telling this story to a guest at a wedding. He is recalling the difficultly of things after he killed the bird

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  41. The mariner is telling a story about how he shot a bird. I think the bird some how controlled the weather because after the bird dies the winds got stronger making it harder to travel. The ship then got stuck and they ran out of water.

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  42. The Mariner is out on a ship going across the sea. The story describes the rough seas and freezing waters. Suddenly a wild Albatross appears! With the appearance of the bird, a southern wind picks up and carries the ship. For some odd reason the Mariner decides to shoot the bird. Drought came to the ship and the Mariner wears the Albatross around his neck...

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  43. I have no idea..I'm confused..

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  44. The mariner is the narrator. He is telling his story to a guest in the wedding. He says that an albatross appeared, the presence of a christian soul. The mariner shoots down the albatross with his cross bow. They are in lack of food and necessities in order to survive... (second part starts now)

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  45. The Mariner is telling his story to a guest at a wedding. He tells him about when they were on a ship and there was this bird. And the mariner had the bird land on his neck.

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  46. There was a mariner telling another person about what happened to him on a ship. The mariner said that he was on a ship an he saw a bird that kept coming back to the ship day after day and he shot the bird. After that the winds didn't blow, the sun rose from the right and went down on the left. They were all stuck on the ship, not moving. He talked about all the water around them but non to drink. Then the weather got icy and snowy and that's about it.

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  47. People were dead because they were out of food and stuffs. It was hard to keep up with what's going on in the story though. But overall, the story was quite dark and depressed.

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  48. "your comment was plubished." and its about a sailor stuck on the bottom of the ocean because he's frozen.

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  49. AIGHT, SO THIS OLD MAN IS TELLING THIS STORY AND TRYING TO MAKE IT CREEPY, BUT HE IS FAILING. FROM WHAT I CAUGHT, WHICH ISNT MUCH, IS THAT ANIMALS ARE KILLING PEOPLE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IM JUST A BIG DUMMY AND DONT UNDERSTAND OLD ENGLISH. CHYYEEAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  50. The Mariner grabs a guy at a wedding and starts telling him about this time when he was sailing on the ocean. So far the Mariner has killed a bird, and they are on a ship that goes through an icy place. After the Mariner kills the bird the wind stops and they don't have any water to drink so there's a drought.

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  51. He has a bird around his neck and there is a sailor frozen to the bottom

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  52. a story...told to a young person by a elder.
    an albatross is shot by a mariner with a arrow from the bow, which leaves the men out at sea into the ocean... everyone is thirsty and hungry (not on the flint river) (part 1)

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  53. i dont like the poem but a guy is pulled aside at a wedding and told about a story of a boat.

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