RotAM Quotes (Parts 5-7) 🌊

PART 5: I __ that they were filled with __;

And when I awoke, it __.

I dreamt that they were filled with dew;

And when I awoke, it rained.

Mariner's ability to experience sleep and have potable water highlights the beginning of redemption. Allusion to 'water water eveywhere and not a drop to drink.'

This creates a false equilibrium as we expect restoration and redemption, but ultimately the Mariner 'penance more will do' highlighting the eternal nature of justice.

I was so __- almost

I thought that I had died in __

and was a __ ghost.

I was so light - almost

I thought that I had died in sleep

and was a blessed ghost.

'light' makes us realise the mariner believes the weight of sin is gone.

'Blessed ghost' allows the Mariner to become a member of the Mariners who were won by death who escaped further punishment, thus making them 'blessed'.

And soon I heard a __ wind:

It did not come anear

But with its sound it __ the sails

That were so thin and __.

And soon I heard a roaring wind:

It did not come anear

But with its sound it shook the sails

That were so thin and sere.

When the Mariner respects nature, nature returns the favour and respects him.

The __ steered, the __ moved on;

The helmsman steered, the ship moved on;

Previously the Albatross was described as the helmsman, yet now the Mariner refers to the crew as the helmsman. He is putting reliance on humanity again, despite nature giving him grace. Further transgression.

'Sweet __'

'Sky-lark sing'

't'was like all __'

'lonely __'

'angels __'

'Sweet sounds'

'Sky-lark sing'

't'was like all instruments'

'lonely flute'

'angels song'

Coleridge relies on sound to create the atmosphere. The Mariners' sense of sight has been undermined and he can no longer trust it (after seeing the 'dungon-grate[d]' ghost ship) so sound brings reality and truth for the Mariner. He knows he is safe, creating a further sense of false equilibrium.

(TLDR sound acts as a confirmation of the mariner's reentry to reality)

Sometimes all little __ that are,

How they seemed to __ the sea and __

Sometimes all little birds that are,

How they seemed to fill the sea and air

Reminder of birds creates allusion to the albatross, demonstrating that although nature has 'shrieve[d]' the mariner the guilt of his crimes will haunt him.

With a __ uneasy __

With a short uneasy motion

This is repeated twice, allowing the structure of the stanza to reflect the increasing tension the Mariner feels before he enters his fit.

'Is it he?' quoth one, 'is this the __?

By him who died on __,

With his cruel __ he laid full low

The __ Albatross.'

'Is it he?' quoth one, 'is this the man?

By him who died on cross,

With his cruel blow he laid full low

The harmless Albatross.'

One of two unseen spirits speaking. (we dont know who they are - highlights justice will always follow)

'By him who died on cross' sheds light on the Mariner's motive, labelling him as having killed in the name of religion. Here Coleridge is criticising the anthropocentric views of legalistic religion.

Naming the Albatross as 'harmless' reiginites a hatred towards the Mariner in the readers.

'He __ the bird that loved the __

Who __ him with his __.'

'He loved the bird that loved the man

Who shot him with his bow.'

Coleridge hear creates a chain of events, highlighting how the Mariner's singular crime has caused widespread damage to multiple secondary victims. (upholds pantheism)

Justifies the chain of punishments the Mariner faces.

Creates further hatred towards the Mariner as we learn that the Albatross 'loved' him, emphasising the betrayal.

'The man hath __ done,

And __ more will do.'

'The man hath penance done,

And penance more will do.'

Spirit confirms that the chain of punishments are not complete, and the Mariner will never be completely acquitted of the transgression he committed.

Demonstrates that a force of justice will always pursue the mariner.

''For slow and __ that ship will go,

When the Mariner's __ is abated.''

''For slow and slow that ship will go,

When the Mariner's trace is abated.''

Second voice is warning that after the Mariner wakes up his punishment will continue. Equilibrium is broken again.

All fixed on me their __ eyes,

That in the moon did __

All fixed on me their stony eyes,

That in the moon did glitter

Moon = transformation. Contrasts the punishment of the sun and demonstrates potential for new beginnings.

Allusion to the initial punishment of the Mariners leads to momentary lapse back into purgatory.

The __, the curse with which they died,

had never __ away:

I could not draw my __ from theirs,

Nor turn them up to __

The pang, the curse with which they died,

had never passed away:

I could not draw my eyes from theirs,

Nor turn them up to pray

The Mariners continue to curse him. Realisation in the mariner that there will always be a force aiming to punish him.

Return to momentary purgatory leads to the Mariner's momentary inability to pray.

And now this __ was __'t: once more

And now this spell was snap't: once more

Coleridge's marginilia: 'the curse is finally expiated'

Like one, that on a __ road

doth walk in fear and __,

and having once __ round walks on,

and turns no more his __:

because he knows, a frightful ___

doth close behind him __.

Like one, that on a lonesome road

doth walk in fear and dread,

and having once turned round walks on,

and turns no more his head:

because he knows, a frightful fiend

doth close behind him tread.

Internal guilt- there will always be a force of punishment following the Mariner.

The Mariner has had justice serrved, he knows not to repeat his actions, he has experienced the terrible sublime and revers nature..

Allusion to Cain's inability to settle.

Is this indeed the __-__ top I see?

Is this the __? Is this the __?

Is this indeed the light-house top I see?

Is this the hill? Is this the kirk?

Rhetorical makes him appear doubtful. Places the lighthouse first, creating sense that his is relying on and conforming to anthropocentricity. False victory.

The rock shone __, the kirk no less,

that stands above the __

The rock shone bright, the kirk no less,

that stands above the rock

Return to Christian land, but sees the rock as the foundation perhaps symbolising a recognition that nature is the foundation of the church (a principle he neglects)

A man all __, a seraph-man,

On every __ there stood

A man all light, a seraph-man,

On every corse there stood

The Mariners have been atoned.

but oh! the silence sank

like music on my heart.

But soon I heard the dash of oars

but oh! the silence sank

like music on my heart.

But soon I heard the dash of oars

Just like the Mariner 'burst into the silent sea', humanity is interrupting the beauty of nature.

He singeth loud hid godly __

That he makes in the __.

He'll __ my soul, he'll wash away

The Albatross's __

He singeth loud hid godly hymns

That he makes in the wood.

He'll shrieve my soul, he'll wash away

The Albatross's blood

Hermit represented pantheism, he makes solitary communion with God in nature.

Mariner still believes it is a human who can redeem him. He wants to put the responsibility on someone else and doesn't acknowledge that it is him who needs to internally recognise his crime.

Ultimately, the Mariner is beyond salvation and never recieves absolution.

PART 7: It is the __ that wholly hides

the __ old oak-__.

It is the moss that wholly hides

the rotted old oak-stump.

Hermit prays in nature rather than organised church. His temple is the forest - icon of pantheism.

Moss covering rotted wood creates symbol of redemption through nature.

Unless perchance it were

~~

__ skeletons of __ that lag

my forest __ along;

when the ivy-tod is heavy with __,

and the __ whoops to the wolf below,

that eats the she-wolf's ___.

Unless perchance it were

~~

Brown skeletons of leaves that lag

my forest brook along;

when the ivy-tod is heavy with snow,

and the owlet whoops to the wolf below,

that eats the she-wolf's young.

'My forest brook' - not even the hermit is pure. Mariner seeks to achieve absolution from humanity which is fundamentally impossible.

Deliberate gothic imagery of cannabilism contradicts natural order. If this happend after the Mariner's transgression, then it demonstrates the universality of the Mariner's transgression and that justice will always follow him.

Under the water it __ on,

Still louder and more __:

it reached the ship, it __ the bay;

the ship went down like __.

Under the water it rumbled on,

Still louder and more dread:

it reached the ship, it split the bay;

the ship went down like lead.

Boat was a vessel for the transgression. With it sinking a new equilibrium is formed and order is restored.

Mariner is forced to enter the water, entering nature. Previously the ship was a barrier between him and nature.

Other Mariner's recieve an ocean burial in sight of the 'bright kirk' - they have been redeemed.

'Lead' links to imagery of the albatross sinking into the sea, meaning externally the Mariner is redeemed by nature but God and guilt will further punish him.

Like on that hath been seven days __

My __ lay afloat

Like on that hath been seven days drowned

My body lay afloat

Grusome imagery of the marier's body appearing as a bloated corpse. Demonstrates brutal journey to accept nature.

He floats but the Mariners sank, in a witch trial he would be guilty.

'Full plain I see,

The devil knows how to row'

'Full plain I see,

The devil knows how to row'

He has been altered, and the Mariner is positioned similarly to Cain. He will be forced to walk the earth as punishment.

'O shrieve me, __ me, __ man!'

The hermit __ his brow.

'O shrieve me, shrieve me, holy man!'

The hermit crossed his brow.

Aims to seek forgiveness through mankind rather than God/nature. Allusion to the initial transgression through 'crossed' acts to remind him that guilt and punishment will eternally follow him.

After witnessing the Mariner’s actions, the noun phrase ‘holy man’ now reads as an antithesis, conforming to anthropocentrism

Forthwith this __ of mine was ___

With a woful __,

Which forced me to begin my __;

And then it left me __

Forthwith this frame of mine was wrenched

With a woful agony,

Which forced me to begin my tale;

And then it left me free

Physical pain of guilt. (Life-in-Death means he cannot die, guilt means he must tell his tale).

The hermit was his first audience/jury, the Wedding-Guest is his latest. Cyclical structure to the transgressive narrative.

I pass, like __, from land to __;

[...]

I know the __ that must hear me:

To him my tale I __

I pass, like night, from land to land;

[...]

I know the man that must her me:

To him my tale I teach

Mariner has now assumed a role in nature. He is now a tool of nature to prevent others committing the same transgressions. (Humanity's moral education comes through the Mariner)

We also hear the story, so we are Coleridge's audience and learn this lesson.

So __ 'twas, that God himself

__ seemed there to be.

So lonely 'twas, that God himself

Scarce seemed there to be.

direct assertion from the Mariner that he was isolated from God

He __ well, who loveth well

Both man and __ and __.

~~~

He prayeth best, who __ best

All things both __ and small;

For the __ God who loveth us,

He made and loveth __.

He prayeth well, who loveth well

Both man and bird and beast.

~~~

He prayeth best, who loveth best

All things both great and small;

For the dear God who loveth us,

He made and loveth all.

Final moral given to us, as we see the story vicariously through the wedding guest.

A __ and a wiser man,

He rose the morrow __.

A sadder and a wiser man,

He rose the morrow morn.

WG acts how Coleridge wants us to act - we are brought unwillingly but vitally to knowledge.

Sombre yet hopeful ending - we can learn moral

INITIAL CRITIC QUOTE:

‘a __ of unintelligible wildness and __’

‘a rhapsody of unintelligible wildness and incoherence’

INITIAL CRITIC QUOTE:

a ‘crazy __’ between the ‘__ crime’ and the ‘enormous punishments’

a ‘crazy disproportion’ between the ‘trifling crime’ and the ‘enormous punishments’