- Bridegrooms: A man on his wedding day or just before and after the event.
- Eftoons : Once again; another time.
- Harbour :A sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo.
- Bassoon : A double-reed instrument; the tenor of the oboe family.
- Emerald : A strong yellowish green.
- Dismal :(Of a person or their mood) gloomy.
- Fiends :An evil spirit or demon.
- Parched : Make or become dry through intense heat. Extremely thirsty.
- Agony : Extreme physical or mental suffering. The final stages of a difficult or painful death.
- Orphan : A child whose parents are dead. Make (a child) an orphan.
- Albatross : A very large, chiefly white oceanic bird with long, narrow wings, found mainly in the southern oceans.
- Helmsman : A person who steers a ship or boat.
- Soot : A deep black powdery or flaky substance consisting largely of amorphous carbon, produced by the incomplete burning of organic matter.
- Morrow : The following day
- Scarce : (Especially of food, money, or some other resource) insufficient for the demand.
- discerned : recognize or find out.
- skiff :a light rowing boat or sculling boat, typically for one person.
- owlet : a small owl found chiefly in Asia and Africa.
- perchance : by some chance; perhaps.
- dungeon : by some chance; perhaps
Category: Writing
Rhyme of the ancient mariner
Question :
What effects does Samuel Taylor Coleridge creat using sound devices in the poem?
Answer :
Samuel Taylor Coleridge uses rhyme in the line “And we did speak only to break ” They are two rhyme ,They are speak and break . When it said “down dropt the breeze the sails dropped down ” I think that the boat was was going slower and slower because the wind is stopping.


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