TO+RACHEL

Hey, Rachel:) This is Sarah
Here are some websites you might want to use for the explanation part.

[] [] []  The mariner's tale, told in the first-person, is set in a third-person narrative about a wedding. Show how the poet uses the first person narrative voice to make the tale more vivid and moving.
 * The narrative voice **

This poem is very vivid, as the poet describes some spectacular scenes. These are often memorable in themselves but also stand for (symbolize) other things, for the people in the poem as much as the reader, sometimes. Elsewhere comparisons are made to describe things, as when the becalmed vessel is said to be “As idle as a painted ship/Upon a painted ocean”. Find some of the more striking or memorable images (there are lots of them!) and discuss the use the poet makes of them.
 * Imagery **

 The poet uses effects of rhyme, alliteration (same initial consonant) and pacing (as in the line "For the sky and the sea, and the sea and the sky" which suggests the slow passing of time and the mariner's weariness) and other effects of sound. Do a podcast with a reading that truly demonstrates your understanding of the sound he is working toward. Include several sound effects to add “reality” to the podcast. At the end, give a one minute explanation.

Focus on the "effects of rhyme, alliteration (same initial consonant) and pacing (as in the line "For the sky and the sea, and the sea and the sky" which suggests the slow passing of time and the mariner's weariness)" on part I and part III where Emily and I've narrated in mp3 file. Thanks:):):)<3<3<3<3<3