Question

And through the drift the snowy clifts
Did send a dismal sheen
Nor shapes of men nor beast we ken
The ice was all between

1. What does the word ken mean?
2. Where is the ship located?
3. What is a dismal sheen?

Answer 1

1. What does the word ken mean?

Answer: The word ken her means ‘saw’. It means the ancient mariner and his crew neither saw any man nor any animal at the South Pole.  

2. Where is the ship located?

Answer: The ship is stuck at the South Pole

3. What is a dismal sheen?

Answer: ‘Dismal Sheen’ here refers to the strange light of the sun that got reflected from the ice-bergs and glaciers at the South pole.