Find examples of the use of interesting sounds from the poem ('The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ ) and explain their effect on the reader.
1. The ice 'cracked and growled and roared and howled' - Coleridge uses onomatopoeic words which use harsh 'ck' sounds to make the ice sound brutal. He also gives the ice animal sounds to give the impression it has come alive and is attacking the ship.
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1. The ice 'cracked and growled and roared and howled' → Coleridge uses onomatopoeic words which use harsh 'ck' sounds to make the ice sound brutal. He also gives the ice animal sounds to give the impression it has come alive and is attacking the ship.
2. And now the storm blast came and he was tyrannous and strong → These words create an atmosphere of the fierceness of the storm.
3. The ship drove fast, loud roared the blast, → The word 'roar’ give an idea of the intensity of the storm.
4. The ice did split with Thunderfit. → The association with thunder makes the splitting of ice sound more horrible.
5. About, about , in reel and rout
The death fires danced at night → ‘Death fires’ create a Supernatural atmosphere of witches.
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