Question

Samuel Taylor Coleridge used many techniques in "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." Match each device with its effect on the poem.
narrative interruption
internal rhyme
frame story
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Helps to draw out an emotional response from the audience and holds their attention, as if they were listening to a story being told to them.
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Causes the poem’s audience to make assumptions and question what they are hearing by bringing the story to a temporary halt. This technique also heightens the tension and audience’s curiosity.
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Gives the poem a rapid, sing-song feel, which adds to the seafaring mood of the story.

Answer 1

1) frame story
2) narrative interruption
3) internal rhyme

Answer 2

Answer:

The correct match for the techniques used by Coleridge in "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" are:

Narrative interruption: Causes the poem's audience to make assumptions and questions what they are hearing by bringing the story to a temporary halt. This technique also heightens the tension and audience's curiosity.

Internal rhyme: Gives the poem a rapid, sing-song feel, which adds to the seafaring mood of the story.

Frame story: Helps to draw out an emotional response from the audience and holds their attention, as if they were listening to a story being told to them.

Explanation:

In the poem, the frame story technique can be seen when the ancient mariner is telling his cautionary tale to a random wedding guest and it helps involving the audience as if we were also being addressed by him.

Narrative interruption builds the tension in the poem and keeps the audience involved in the events being told.

Internal rhyme, along with the use of alliteration, evocates sailor songs and rimes, reinforcing the mood of the story.