What is the function of the animals?

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Need direct text from poem

Asked by Jenny S #514943 on 3/31/2016 1:06 AM

Last updated by judy t #197809 on 3/31/2016 1:46 AM

Answered by judy t #197809 on 3/31/2016 1:46 AM

With my cross-bow I shot the ALBATROSS. - This is the first animal in the poem. Obviously the Mariner violates nature when he kills the Albatross.

Beyond the shadow of the ship,

I watched the water-snakes: - He observes the water snakes and eventually blesses them -

A spring of love gushed from my heart,

And I blessed them unaware:

Sure my kind saint took pity on me,

And I blessed them unaware.

"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"