With throbbing bosoms shall the wanderers tread
Personification: "throbbing bosoms" - strong emotional intensity
8 Matching Annotations
- Nov 2024
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- Oct 2024
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And I had done a hellish thing, And it would work 'em woe : For all averred, I had killed the bird
Theme: Sin- The mariner committed sin by killing one of God's creatures. He will soon learn that penance will not be so easy. SK
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At length did cross an Albatross,
Theme: Cross: This is the 1st time the mariner and the crew see the the albatross. Again taken as a good omen. SK
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O happy living things ! no tongue Their beauty might declare : A spring of love gushed from my heart, And I blessed them unaware
Theme: Water Snakes: The mariner realizes them that all of God's creatures are beautiful and made in His name. Thus, releasing him from this curse. SK
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Instead of the cross, the Albatross About my neck was hung.
Theme: Guilt- The mariner feels immense guilt for killing the albatross. In other words, the mariner is forced to wear the guilt of sin around his neck. SK
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Four times fifty living men (And I heard nor sigh nor groan), With heavy thump, a lifeless lump, They dropped down one by one.
Theme: Penance: The mariner's penance of killing the albatross is to suffer alone. SK
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- Sep 2024
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A slumber did my spirit seal
His spirit died or is numb
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She seemed a thing that could not feel
The speaker perceived their lover as some sort of Goddess or unearthly being. Something that he idealized.
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