The mariner continues his story, describing his ghostly appearance which frightens the wedding guest. He is alone at sea with his soul in bitter pain, as neither God nor angels offer him relief. The dead sailors lay on the deck, and though alive, the mariner is as ugly as the sea creatures. Unable to pray or sleep, he is tormented by the curse in the dead sailors' eyes. However, when he blesses some water snakes from his heart, his love for them breaks the curse and frees him to pray once more as the albatross falls from his neck.

1. Coleridge’s
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Part IV
Slide presentation on summary , themes & poetic devices
Slide presenter
Mahmudul Hassan
ID: ENG04706470

2. Part IV summary
The mariner’s story continues…
o The wedding guest noticed that the mariner himself looks like a ghost ; skinny
brown colored body & with big glittering eyes.
o The Mariner was alone on the ocean & his soul was in bitter pain but no God or
Angel tried to relieve his pain.
o The sailors were laying dead on the deck & the Mariner was still alive like the
ugly sea creatures.
o The mariner tried to pray but his heart was so hard to pray.
o He found unforgettable could curse in the open eyes of the dead sailors, more
horrible than the curse of an orphan.
o The Mariner couldn’t sleep because of the heavy curse.

3. o One day he saw some water snakes playing in the shadow of his ship. He filled
with love for them & blessed them from his heart.
o The Mariner’s love for the water snakes freed him from the curse.
o At last the dead Albatross fell from his neck & he was able to pray.
Part IV summary
The mariner’s story continues…

4. The wedding guest
fears the mariner’s
ghost like glittering
eyes , his tiny
hands and brown
wrinkled body.

5. All the sailors lying dead
on the deck

6. Part IV Themes
o Realization of sins.
o Inability to pray, drink & sleep and the experiences of loneliness
symbolizes God’s punishment for a sinful soul.
o Love for all living things.
o Showing love for God’s creations can relieve the sins of a sinful
soul.
o The moral tone “ He prayeth well who loveth well, Both man and
bird and beast.

7. The Mariner is
alone on the
ocean & his soul is
in bitter pain

8. Poetic devices
o 15 stanzas in part IV.
oThe stanzas are usually four, five & six lines long.
oOdd lines are tetrameter & even lines are generally trimeter.
oThe rhymes generally organized in an ABCB, ABAB & ABAAB
scheme.

9. The mariner
can feel the
horrible
curse in the
dead sailors
eyes

10. The mariner tries to pray, but
he can not pray.

11. The Mariner shows his
sympathy & love for the
water snakes

12. Now the
Mariner is free
from curse &
he’s able to
pray

13. Thank You
Thank You