Repetition In The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, a text by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, uses repetition to demonstrate the despair of the ancient mariner. Coleridge uses repetition in the lines of the poem which helps readers to understand the despair that the ancient mariner feels. In Part 1, the ancient mariner is stranded with his sailors in an icy area where they cannot pass. The sailors grow weary due to the stagnant trip, where the mariner’s despair is seen by the description of “ice was here, the ice was there, the ice was all around” (59-60). The repetition of the word ice shows the desolation of the sailor’s isolation. By describing that the ice is all that the sailors can see, the loss of hope is evident. If they were still hopeful, they may see the