Explain... about about in reel and rout the death fires danced at night the water like a witches oils burnt green and blue and white.
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In the 2nd Part of Coleridge's "The Rime of an Ancient Mariner", the ship entered a silent sea devoid of any wind, because of which it remained static. The sailors gradually became seasick and became desperate to go homeward. Every night, due to the reflection of the sunset rays by the dust particles, the sea water adopted hues of green, blue and white, that made the surrounding look like a witch's cauldron. In addition to the near-death situation of the sailors, the ancient mariner described the whole scenario as a burning witch's cauldron (also because of their superstition regarding the bad omen of killing the albatross) in which the sailors were trapped.
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The mariner and his companions saw the ocean water as witch's oil. They were feared as they had killed the bird and really worried that they would be killed by the EVIL..So they called water WITCH'S OIL... The death has danced and capered around......TO KILL THEM.... They had reached a stage of IMBECILITY....MADNESS... AND CRUELTY... HAD BROUGHT THEM THERE....
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