Question 1
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'?
Solution
(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.
