...blow ! and the appropriateness of repetition to the horrible monotony of the becalming is obvious: Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath...shrink; Water, water, every where. Nor any drop to drinkA weary time / a weary time ! The initial sighting of the ship of death leads to a continuing...

...sad could be; And we did speak only to break The silence of the sea! All in a hot and copper sky, 115 The bloody Sun, at noon, Right up above the mast did...day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion; 1 20 As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. Water, water, every where, And all the boards...

...as sad could be; And we did speak only to break no The silence of the sea! All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody Sun, at noon, Right up above the mast did stand, No bigger than the Moon. iij Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion; As idle as a painted ship Upon a...

...as sad could be; And we did speak only to break iso The silence ot the sea! All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody Sun, at noon, Right up above the mast did stand, No bigger than the Moon. zz¿ Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion; As idle as a painted ship Upon...

...fact that the ship was sailing amidst water, it was undrinkable saltwater and the sailors were dying. "Water, water every where, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, everywhere Nor any drop to drink." "My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless...

...mythical poems reveal, Coleridge's imagination provided him with little relief. All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody Sun, at noon, Right up above the mast...Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink. — From "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" JOHN KEATS (1795-1821) Recommended edit ion .'John Keats:...

...sad as sad could be; And we did speak only to break The silence of the sea! All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody Sun, at noon, Right up above the mast...a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. Water, water, everywhere, 120 And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink. The...

...5. From Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" (1798) All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody Sun, at noon, Right up above the mast...bigger than the Moon. Day after day; day after day, 5 We stuck, nor breath nor motion; Water, water, every where, And all the boards did shrink; 10 Water,...

...white foam flew, The furrow followed free; We were the first that ever burst Into that silent sea. Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion: As idle as a painted ship, Upon a painted ocean. It was my turn to read. I'd brought excerpts from English diaries in which Cook's...

...motionless as a model ship . . . polished marble: cf. 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner', ll. 1 15-18: 'Day after day, day after day, | We stuck, nor breath nor motion; | As idle as a painted ship | Upon a painted 65 an extraordinary and unfair licence: the phrase is odd and suggests the possibility of...