He’s describing the moon, the church, and even the weathercock when we read this stanza we are given a very strong idea of what the setting truly does look like, because of Coleridge’s detail. In part VI the poet uses this stanza to describe the scene around him, once again. ![]() “The rock shone bright, the kirk no less, ![]() Also his line “Was a flash of golden fire” gives us an idea of what the snake looks like as it’s swimming by in the ocean. They way he uses “glossy” and “velvet” to describe the color of the snake not only give us the color, but it also gives us the texture of the snake. This stanza from part IV is the poet speaking about the water-snake that the mariner sees. This stanza forces the poets true vision into the readers head through his use of imagery. The poet most likely used words like “glimmered” and “fog-smoke white” to help us better see the setting he wants us to. This comes from the second last stanza of the first part, and it is referring to the foggy view the Mariner and his crew see. “ Whiles all the night, through fog-smoke white, Coleridge probably used this stanza to give us a good representation of what they saw everyday when sun would rise in the morning, and then set at night. ![]() This example of imagery from part I, is used to give us a visual of the setting the Mariner is experiencing, more specifically, of the sun.
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