The Rime of the ancient mariner English Chapter Solutions NCERT Class 10th
1. a) The Ancient Mariner stopped one of the three wedding guests because
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He wanted him to listen to his story .
b) The wedding guest remarked that he was 'next of kin' which means that
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he was a close relation of the bridegroom .
c) He cannot choose but hear' means
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the wedding guest was forced to hear the story of the mariner
d) The sun came up upon the left, /Out of the sea came he ;'This line tells us that the ship
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Was moving towards the south .
e) The Wedding-Guest beat his breast because
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The sound of the bassoon meant that the bride had arrived and the wedding ceremony was about to begin and he could not attend it.
f) The storm blast has been described as being tyrannous because
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The sailors were at its mercy
g) The sailors felt depressed on reaching the land of mist and snow because
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they were surrounded by icebergs and there seemed to be no sign of life
h) The sailors were happy to see the albatross because
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It split the icebergs around the ship and helped the ship move forward.
i) 'It perched for vespers nine' means
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the albatross would appear at a fixed time every day.
j) 'God save thee, ancient Mariner, /From the fiends that plague thee thus!- Why look'st thou so ?' means
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the wedding guest wanted to know why the mariner was looking so tormented .
