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Read the extract given below and answer briefly the questions that follow:

          He holds him with his skinny hand,
          'There was a ship', quoth he.

(i) Who does 'He' refer to in the above extract?
(ii) What do we know about the speaker's feelings?
(iii) Why is his hand called 'skinny'?


(i) 'He' refers to the mariner in 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.'
(ii) The speaker is eager to tell his story to the wedding guest.
(​ii) The mariner is an old man so he had skinny hands.

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As the wedding guest, make a diary entry of your observations about the ancient mariner.


How did the mariners reach the land of ice and snow?


How did the mariners reach the land of ice and snow?


Respect for all forms of life is an essential value. Unmindful destruction of nature and its creatures deserves just punishment. Write in 80 -100 words this essential value as brought out in the poem, 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'.


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