I need to paraphrase the initial part of the Rime of the ancient Mariner by Coleridge. I wonder if you could help me rephrase the description of the storm.Thank you.
1) The bride, as red as a rose, has entered into the all and a group of singers and musician goes before her nodding theur heads,
The wedding guest, though (growing) impatient, is bound to listen to the mariner's story.
2)He tells how his ship was caught in a violent storm, then by mist and snow and finally was surrounded by ice.
3) The storm is represented as a huge bird, chasing the ship with its large wings.
4) Stanza I'm having problems with: "With sloping masts and dipping prow,
As who pursued with yell and blow
Still treads the shadow of his foe,
And forward bends his head,
The ship drove fast, loud roared the blast ,
And southward aye we fled."
(The ship drove fast southwards with its sloping masts and dipping prow (as it was) chased by the loud tempest??)
1. "theur" = their heads
You hve done well with #4.
Sra
Certainly! Here's a paraphrased version of the description of the storm in the initial part of "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Coleridge:
1) The bride, with a red complexion resembling a rose, has entered the hall. A group of singers and musicians precede her by nodding their heads. The wedding guest, though growing impatient, is obliged to listen to the mariner's story.
2) He narrates how his ship got ensnared in a violent storm, engulfed by mist, snow, and ultimately trapped amidst ice.
3) The storm is depicted as an enormous bird, chasing the ship with its vast wingspan.
4) The stanza you mentioned can be rephrased as follows: "With the ship's masts tilting and the front of the ship dipping, resembling someone being pursued, constantly lingering in the shadow of their enemy, bending their head forward. The ship sped swiftly while the raging wind roared, and we kept fleeing towards the south."