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Onomatopoeia: the term refers towards whose very sound very close
to the sound they are is meant to depict. In other words, it refers to sound
words whose pronunciations to actual sound or noise they represent. E.g.
. It crackd and growld, and roard and howd (line-61)
The word in bolds are onomatopoeia when we pronounce they portray the
sounds of actions they represent Coleridge hadnt used much
onomatopoeia but sometimes he used as in part II stanza 5 brust,
drip or in part III whizz of my crossbow kill the albatross.
The weather was good everyone enjoys but the weather changes the wind
dies and ship cant
move , Coleridge give imagery of dried ship like a motionless painting
he uses simile to
the ship.
While the things start to go bad for the crew, the suns color is compared
to blood and more.
All in a hot cooper sky
The blood sun, at noon.
Coleridge uses imagery when he describes water snakes.
I watched their rich attire
Blue, gloomy, green and velvet black (Line-1632)
Coleridge uses very lengthily description while describing water creatures,
through this he conveys specific images in the readers mind. Such writer
has a lot of power over the reader and this beauty of Coleridges writing.
The wedding guest was frustrated by mariner who left specific effect over
him. The mariner is
compelled to repeat his story because he lacks authentic listeners, the
authentic readers who
understand it would understand humanity in the poem A rime of ancient
mariner.
References:
1. Post: Traumatic parataxis and the search in Coleridges A rime of
ancient mariner by Fred pickoff Jan, 21, 2011
2. R.meter: Translator journal volume 52 June 2007- p, 309-326
3. https//www.enotes.com