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Literary Techniques in Rime of The Ancient Mariner - Coggle Diagram
Literary Techniques in Rime of The Ancient Mariner
Rhyme
"Out of the sea came he, went down into the sea"
"Nor any day, for food or play"
"For all averred, i'd killed the bird"
"Instead of the cross, the albatross around my neck was hung"
Simile
"As idle as a painted ship, upon a painted ocean"
"The water like a witch's oil"
"Nor dim, or red, like God's own head"m p.g 6
Personification
"Out of the sea came he, still hid in the mist" p. 5 (the sun)
"The silence of the sea" p.6
"The bloody sun at noon, right above the mast it stands" p. 7 (sun)
"Slimy things did crawl, with legs upon the slimy sea" p.7
"The death fires danced at night" p.7
Alliteration
"Farrowed, followed, free" p6
"'twas sad as sad" p.6
"The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew" p.6
Repetition
"Day after day, day after day" p.7
"Water water everywhere, water water everywhere" p.7
"About about, in reel and round" p.7
"For all averred I'd killed the bird, For all averred I'd killed the bird" p.6
"Birds to slay...such birds to slay" p.6
"That made the breeze blow...That made the breeze blow" p.6
Irony
"Water, water everywhere, but nor a drop to drink" p.7
"Instead of the cross, the albatross around my neck was hung" p.8
"The very deep did rot, oh christ" p.7
"The very deep did rot" p.7
Imagery
"And every tongue, through utter drought was withered at the root" p.8 (kinaesthetic and visual)
"Instead of the cross, the albatross, around my neck was hung" p.8 (religious)
"Choked on soot" p.8 (visual)
"The water like a witch's oils, burnt green blue and white" p.7 (visual)
"A painted ship, upon a painted ocean" p.7 (visual)
"Slimy things did crawl with legs, upon the slimy sea" p.7 (visual, kinaesthetic)
"All in a hot and copper sky, the bloody sun at noon" p.7 (visual)
"Right up above the mast did stand,
No bigger than the Moon." (visual of the sun)
"Nor dim nor red, like God’s own head,
the glorious sun uprist" (religious)
Hyperbole
"The very deep did rot"