Exercises on page 194/195

Exercise 2

Topics in Wordsworth and Coleridge's conversation

• A) the power of poetry:
• 1- the power of exciting the sympathy of the reader by means of a faithful adherence to the truth of nature
• 2- the power of giving the interest of novelty by means of the modifying colours of imagination

• B) writing a collection of poems of two kinds:

1-subject: supernatural incidents and agents

2-subject: they were to be chosen from ordinary life

• C) plan of the Lyrical Ballads:

• D) Profile of the ideal poet:
• 1- he "brings the whole soul of man into activity"
• 2- he is gifted with a synthetic and magical power, called Imagination

Exercise 1 on page 194

A MARINER sails on a ship which is driven by a terrible STORM to the South Pole. There an ALBATROSS appears through the SNOW-FOG And as a bird of GOOD omen. The mariner kills the bird.  At first his shipmates GOT Angry with him for killing the bird; but when the fog APPEARED And a good breeze starts blowing, they justify his ACTION. So they become his accomplices. As a consequence all the sailors WERE PUNISHED except the mariner who must suffer a cruel PENANCE. He is finally forgiven, but for the rest of his LIFE he must tell people his story to teach them to LOVE all the creatures God has made.

EXERCISE 2 ON PAGE 194

1. "now wherefore stopp'st thou me?" the mariner

2. "he cannot choose but hear" the wedding guest

3. "he struck with his o'ertaking wings" the storm

4. "we hailed it in God's name" the Albatross

5. "I watch'd their rich attire" (I can't find the line!!!)

6. "lay like a load on my weary eye" the mariner

7. "I fear thy skinny hand" the wedding guess

8. "like lead into the sea" the Albatross