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...dropt down, 'Twas sad as sad could be; And we did speak only to break no The silence of the sea! AH in a hot and copper sky, The bloody Sun, at noon,...above the mast did stand, No bigger than the Moon. ii3 Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion; As idle as a painted ship Upon a...

...breeze, the sails dropt down, Twas sad as sad could be; And we did speak only to break The silence of the sea! All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody Sun,...breath nor motion; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. Water, water, everywhere, 120 And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, everywhere,...

..."hope"; and as the mythical poems reveal, Coleridge's imagination provided him with little relief. All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody Sun, at noon,...breath nor motion, As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. Water, water every where, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, every where,...

...join the angelic strain. 5. From Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" (1 798 )' All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody Sun, at noon,...bigger than the Moon. Day after day; day after day, 5 We stuck, nor breath nor motion; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. Water, water, every...

...on the mariner and his shipmates as the world of ice and snow is replaced by that of searing heat: All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody Sun, at noon,...above the mast did stand, No bigger than the Moon. This realistic and vividly visual image is also symbolic, as the sun is representative of God, but...

...prayers fiends — evil spirits averred — declared, affirmed And the Albatross begins to be avenged. Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. Water, water, every where, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, every where,...

...crew observing, but for the most part powerless, to influence the course on which they are heading, Day after day, day after day. We stuck, nor breath nor motion-, As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean But in an instant; And now the storm-blast came, and he Was tyrannous and strong: He...

...motionless as a model ship . . . polished marble: cf. 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner', 11. 115-18: 'Day after day, day after day, | We stuck, nor breath nor motion; | As idle as a painted ship | Upon a painted ocean.' 64 The watch finished washing decks: that is, the man on watch. 65 an extraordinary...

...white foam flew, The furrow followed free; We were the first that ever burst Into that silent sea. Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion: As idle as a painted ship, Upon a painted ocean. It was my turn to read. I'd brought excerpts from English diaries in which Cook's...