Question

He holds him with is skinny hand, There was a ship ,quoth he, Hold off ! Unhand me, grey_beard loon! Eftsoons his hand dropt he. (a) why did the wedding guest stand still ? (b) what foes the word loon mean? (c) why did he stop the wedding guest ?

Answer 1

(a)  he was drawn the ancient mariners mesmerising eye

(b) loon here means a mad man

(c) he was full of guilty for killing the albatross and  wanted to tell the guest about it

Answer 2

a)The Marininer was captured the wedding guest's attention and can detain him with his glittering eyes. .


b)The word loon means a man who is mentally unstable like idiot .

c)The mariner stopped the wedding guest Because he wanted to tell him a story.