Question

God save thee, ancient mariner
From the fiends that plague thee thus!-
Why look'st thou so?

a)Who is the speaker of the 1st 2 lines? what is the tone of the speaker?
b)who is the speaker of the last 2 lines. what has he done?
c)write the poetic devices used in the above lines

pls answer urgently

Answer 1

The Rime of Ancient Mariner

Part - I

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Stanza 20

'God save thee, ancient Mariner,

From the fiends that plague thee thus!-

Why look'st thou so?' - "With my crossbow

I shot the Albatross."

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A]

• The Wedding Guest is the Speaker of First 2 lines.

• His tone is worried as he mentions "

"God save thee, ancient Mariner,

From the fiends that plague thee thus".

Here, he means to say that god, please help the ancient Mariner to get rid of the ghosts of his past that are bothering him.

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B]

• The Ancient Mariner is the Speaker of Last 2 Lines.

• In his past, he had killed an Albatross(sea bird) from his Crossbow.

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C]

There is no poetic/literary Device(s) used in the above lines......

Answer 2

C is a transferred epithet