“Down dropt the breeze, the sails dropt down,

‘Twas sad as sad can be ;

And we did speak only to break

The silence of the sea!”

The reason I choose this stanza is because it shows how they want to speak while there is silence around. It also shows that they are sad but don’t want to show it. The reason they feel sad is because they are trapped at sea with no way out and the mariner believed that he couldn’t get to land alive and safe.

“water, water, everywhere. ”

This makes the mariner feel unsafe around the scene he is in. The reason the mariner feels irrational is because he is in the middle of the ocean and is not feeling well. He may be sea sick at times. The good thing is that he can go fishing with out the stress of going to give it to someone.

1a) slimy

“Upon the slimy sea.”

1b) bloody

“The bloody sun, at noon.”

Fathom: don’t know.

Twas: it was.

Woe: deep distress.

“The ice was here, the ice was there, the ice was everywhere.”

The repertion is when they say “hERE”, “thERE” and “everywhERE.”

I have choose this line:

“It cracked and growled and roared and howled.”

The reason I choose this line was because it shows the way the ice is separating. It also shows how it sounded in ways animals would sound like. The mariner may feel scared for the fact that he may be the reason the why the ice started cracking.

I believe that the poet used personification for the storm is because it shows how the storm controls other people at times. The other reason why the poet used personification is to show how they move and sound when the waves clash into the boat.