This makes me nervous. "olden dances" means hat the faeries follow tradition. A lot of times horrible things are done in the name of tradition. This strikes my curiosity. What traditions exactly though?

There is dancing and excitement in the faery world. Clearly holding hands and they are in the night. Something joyous like dancing at night proves that even after dark it is a safe and calm realm.

There is so, so much convincing the faeries are doing. They don't leave it to be a decision. This is the one sure thing that makes me think that the faeries are being dishonest.

I think, but I am unsure; this is supposed to symbolize the child leaving behind the comforts of their normal life. As they enter into this new realm.

It kind of has a sad tone to it, the child enters the unknown. Leaving behind the familiar place and familiar in this case, sounds.

This is just adding descriptors about how truly magical the faery world is supposed to be. Again, 'supposed' to be. I feel it is a deception.

This so vividly depicts the human world as something horrible and full of bad things. Depicting the human world as the bad and dark and with out anymore words it naturally tells us the faery world is the good and light. I find this very clever,

I love this imagery, magic and nighttime beauty. Again, it makes this faery world seem something of comfort. A place full of quiet and peace.

It has an inviting tone, but more so to me gives me an immediate sense of the faeries trying to deceive. To persuade the child to abandon the human world. Who's best interest is this really?

I am curious to why the water rats are being described as drowsy? It makes them less scary and almost little calm animals.

Two humans coming together through sex should mean consensual unity and bonding. Interestingly, the way it is phrased is why it seems like something less meaningful. It Seems to be something that is more one-sided and less consensual. I wish this went more into depth. Why did the writer choose not to?

The writer portrays this sense of exhaustion, a tiredness put onto the body. I interpret this sense of desire, as something that is more so draining then fulfilling. I am curious as to why she used the body as a form to express the ideas.

This communicates rigidity through the black and white decision, of having to choose one love or the other. I am curious as to why there is not a third option?

Melted is used to show the erasing of boundaries. It also presents the identity as very fluid, yet also as some sort of loss of individuality.

Love is then redefined as fear. It brings out more of the truth of the anxiety beneath the in depth and very sensual words in the poem.

It signifies this idea of un-replicated beauty. They are fruitless. That doesn't take away from how pretty they are.

I don't like this phrase and what it means. Sterile implies untouched and barren. Then the union signifies a level of intensity but not something heartfelt and emotional.

the feelings of desperation and desire are interconnected. Both are full of charge, suffering and passion.

There is this hierarchy that implies dominance, turning this love more complicated. Something that becomes a power struggle.

It actually seems that the smile is more forced. This sentence is articulating vaguely that this love has become a performance, over a true and authentic feeling of love and affection.

These questions seem to depict a mix of emotional release and also just disbelief. There was so much suffering, the mariner seems to not trust that home and the safety that comes with it are real, adding this feeling of fertility to this important moment.

Right in this moment it naturally blends, the natural world and the supernatural world. The moon and lightning set up the scene to feel kind of eerie. Then there is the dead man groaning that seems to have blended the boundary between death and life.

This moment is kind of a turning moment in the poem because there is almost this spiritual release being able to pray again; the albatross that falls away also symbolizes the lifting of guilt as well as the lifting of punishment.

There is very exaggerated phrasing that almost shows the despair as something that has become pretty overwhelming. Speaking only to "break the silence" tells us that this isolation and loneliness is so intense that the conversation seems to have even lost meaning.

This is a reaction that really shows how the crew very quickly turns to blaming, once things go wrong. We see with "that made the breeze blow" its repitition puts focus on how the bird symbolizes balance, which means that its dealth feels like the reason for this suffering.

This sudden confession of killing the albatross was actually really abrupt. In the earlier part, the religious language seems to contrast with such violence, it made it feel very serious and like it was something that was not just an accident.

The storm is symbolism of something that is more opressive and violent, you could see it as a predator or a ruler. To add on, describing it as "tyrannous", also suggests that this crerw has completely lost control and is being driven purley by nature.

I belive this movement of the sun from left to right helps orient the journey and gives the voyage a sense of order and normalcy at the start. This contrasts with the chaos and suffering that will come later.

The detail of the "skinny hand" being physical makes the mariner seem weak, but he still controls the wedding-guest. This contrast seems to me to be showing how his power comes from his story, not his strength.

These lines put emphasis on not only social obligation but also celebration. This image of family duty and open doors depicted in this part differs significantly from Mariner's interruption, making this moment feeling even more disruptive.