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The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor — Vol 1
The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor — Vol 1

Chapter V · Chapter 5

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[Sidenote: The Wedding-Guest feareth that a Spirit is talking to him;]
'I fear thee, ancient Mariner!
I fear thy skinny hand!
225 And thou art long, and lank, and brown, As is the ribbed sea-sand.[196:1] [Sidenote: But the ancient Mariner assureth him of his bodily life, and proceedeth to relate his horrible penance.]
I fear thee and thy glittering eye, And thy skinny hand, so brown.'-- Fear not, fear not, thou Wedding-Guest!
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The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor — Vol 1

Chapter V · Chapter 5

Chapter 5 of The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor — Vol 1 is here in full — 28 sentences across 6 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/5 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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[Sidenote: The Wedding-Guest feareth that a Spirit is talking to him;]
Line 2
'I fear thee, ancient Mariner!
/aɪ fɪr ðiː ˈeɪn.ʃənt ˈmerənər/
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I fear thy skinny hand!
/aɪ fɪr ðaɪ ˈskɪni hænd/
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225 And thou art long, and lank, and brown, As is the ribbed sea-sand.[196:1] [Sidenote: But the ancient Mariner assureth him of his bodily life, and proceedeth to relate his horrible penance.]
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I fear thee and thy glittering eye, And thy skinny hand, so brown.'-- Fear not, fear not, thou Wedding-Guest!

Learner Dictionary

These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.

bodily adverb US /ˈbɑːdəli/

in bodily form

From this reading “225 And thou art long, and lank, and brown, As is the ribbed sea-sand.[196:1] [Sidenote: But the ancient Mariner assureth him of his bodily life, and proceedeth to relate his horrible penance.]”

glittering adjective US /ˈɡlɪtərɪŋ/

having brief brilliant points or flashes of light

From this reading “I fear thee and thy glittering eye, And thy skinny hand, so brown.'-- Fear not, fear not, thou Wedding-Guest!”

lank adjective US /læŋk/

long and thin and often limp

From this reading “225 And thou art long, and lank, and brown, As is the ribbed sea-sand.[196:1] [Sidenote: But the ancient Mariner assureth him of his bodily life, and proceedeth to relate his horrible penance.]”

Mariner noun US /ˈmerənər/

a man who serves as a sailor

From this reading “'I fear thee, ancient Mariner!”

penance noun US /ˈpenəns/

remorse for your past conduct

From this reading “225 And thou art long, and lank, and brown, As is the ribbed sea-sand.[196:1] [Sidenote: But the ancient Mariner assureth him of his bodily life, and proceedeth to relate his horrible penance.]”

relate verb US /rɪˈleɪt/

make a logical or causal connection

From this reading “225 And thou art long, and lank, and brown, As is the ribbed sea-sand.[196:1] [Sidenote: But the ancient Mariner assureth him of his bodily life, and proceedeth to relate his horrible penance.]”

ribbed adjective US /rɪbd/

furnished or strengthened with ribs

From this reading “225 And thou art long, and lank, and brown, As is the ribbed sea-sand.[196:1] [Sidenote: But the ancient Mariner assureth him of his bodily life, and proceedeth to relate his horrible penance.]”

skinny adjective US /ˈskɪni/

being very thin

From this reading “I fear thy skinny hand!”

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1

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From this reading 225 And thou art long, and lank, and brown, As is the ribbed sea-sand.[196:1] [Sidenote: But the ancient Mariner assureth him of his bodily life, and proceedeth to relate his horrible penance.]

196

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From this reading 225 And thou art long, and lank, and brown, As is the ribbed sea-sand.[196:1] [Sidenote: But the ancient Mariner assureth him of his bodily life, and proceedeth to relate his horrible penance.]

225

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From this reading 225 And thou art long, and lank, and brown, As is the ribbed sea-sand.[196:1] [Sidenote: But the ancient Mariner assureth him of his bodily life, and proceedeth to relate his horrible penance.]

adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading [Sidenote: The Wedding-Guest feareth that a Spirit is talking to him;]

ancientadjectiveUS /ˈeɪn.ʃənt/

Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.

From this reading 'I fear thee, ancient Mariner!

AndconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading 225 And thou art long, and lank, and brown, As is the ribbed sea-sand.[196:1] [Sidenote: But the ancient Mariner assureth him of his bodily life, and proceedeth to relate his horrible penance.]

artauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/

an old form of “are”, used with “thou”

From this reading 225 And thou art long, and lank, and brown, As is the ribbed sea-sand.[196:1] [Sidenote: But the ancient Mariner assureth him of his bodily life, and proceedeth to relate his horrible penance.]

AsconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading 225 And thou art long, and lank, and brown, As is the ribbed sea-sand.[196:1] [Sidenote: But the ancient Mariner assureth him of his bodily life, and proceedeth to relate his horrible penance.]

assureth

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From this reading 225 And thou art long, and lank, and brown, As is the ribbed sea-sand.[196:1] [Sidenote: But the ancient Mariner assureth him of his bodily life, and proceedeth to relate his horrible penance.]

bodilyadverbUS /ˈbɑːdəli/

in bodily form

From this reading 225 And thou art long, and lank, and brown, As is the ribbed sea-sand.[196:1] [Sidenote: But the ancient Mariner assureth him of his bodily life, and proceedeth to relate his horrible penance.]

brownnounUS /braʊn/

an orange of low brightness and saturation

From this reading 225 And thou art long, and lank, and brown, As is the ribbed sea-sand.[196:1] [Sidenote: But the ancient Mariner assureth him of his bodily life, and proceedeth to relate his horrible penance.]

ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading 225 And thou art long, and lank, and brown, As is the ribbed sea-sand.[196:1] [Sidenote: But the ancient Mariner assureth him of his bodily life, and proceedeth to relate his horrible penance.]

eyenounUS /aɪ/

the organ of sight

From this reading I fear thee and thy glittering eye, And thy skinny hand, so brown.'-- Fear not, fear not, thou Wedding-Guest!

fearverbUS /fɪr/

be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event

From this reading 'I fear thee, ancient Mariner!

feareth

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From this reading [Sidenote: The Wedding-Guest feareth that a Spirit is talking to him;]

glitteringadjectiveUS /ˈɡlɪtərɪŋ/

having brief brilliant points or flashes of light

From this reading I fear thee and thy glittering eye, And thy skinny hand, so brown.'-- Fear not, fear not, thou Wedding-Guest!

handnounUS /hænd/

the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb

From this reading I fear thy skinny hand!

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading [Sidenote: The Wedding-Guest feareth that a Spirit is talking to him;]

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading 225 And thou art long, and lank, and brown, As is the ribbed sea-sand.[196:1] [Sidenote: But the ancient Mariner assureth him of his bodily life, and proceedeth to relate his horrible penance.]

horribleadjectiveUS /ˈhɔːrəbəl/

provoking horror

From this reading 225 And thou art long, and lank, and brown, As is the ribbed sea-sand.[196:1] [Sidenote: But the ancient Mariner assureth him of his bodily life, and proceedeth to relate his horrible penance.]

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading 'I fear thee, ancient Mariner!

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading [Sidenote: The Wedding-Guest feareth that a Spirit is talking to him;]

lankadjectiveUS /læŋk/

long and thin and often limp

From this reading 225 And thou art long, and lank, and brown, As is the ribbed sea-sand.[196:1] [Sidenote: But the ancient Mariner assureth him of his bodily life, and proceedeth to relate his horrible penance.]

lifenounUS /laɪf/

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading 225 And thou art long, and lank, and brown, As is the ribbed sea-sand.[196:1] [Sidenote: But the ancient Mariner assureth him of his bodily life, and proceedeth to relate his horrible penance.]

longadjectiveUS /lɔːŋ/

primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified

From this reading 225 And thou art long, and lank, and brown, As is the ribbed sea-sand.[196:1] [Sidenote: But the ancient Mariner assureth him of his bodily life, and proceedeth to relate his horrible penance.]

MarinernounUS /ˈmerənər/

a man who serves as a sailor

From this reading 'I fear thee, ancient Mariner!

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading I fear thee and thy glittering eye, And thy skinny hand, so brown.'-- Fear not, fear not, thou Wedding-Guest!

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading 225 And thou art long, and lank, and brown, As is the ribbed sea-sand.[196:1] [Sidenote: But the ancient Mariner assureth him of his bodily life, and proceedeth to relate his horrible penance.]

penancenounUS /ˈpenəns/

remorse for your past conduct

From this reading 225 And thou art long, and lank, and brown, As is the ribbed sea-sand.[196:1] [Sidenote: But the ancient Mariner assureth him of his bodily life, and proceedeth to relate his horrible penance.]

proceedeth

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From this reading 225 And thou art long, and lank, and brown, As is the ribbed sea-sand.[196:1] [Sidenote: But the ancient Mariner assureth him of his bodily life, and proceedeth to relate his horrible penance.]

relateverbUS /rɪˈleɪt/

make a logical or causal connection

From this reading 225 And thou art long, and lank, and brown, As is the ribbed sea-sand.[196:1] [Sidenote: But the ancient Mariner assureth him of his bodily life, and proceedeth to relate his horrible penance.]

ribbedadjectiveUS /rɪbd/

furnished or strengthened with ribs

From this reading 225 And thou art long, and lank, and brown, As is the ribbed sea-sand.[196:1] [Sidenote: But the ancient Mariner assureth him of his bodily life, and proceedeth to relate his horrible penance.]

sea-sand

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From this reading 225 And thou art long, and lank, and brown, As is the ribbed sea-sand.[196:1] [Sidenote: But the ancient Mariner assureth him of his bodily life, and proceedeth to relate his horrible penance.]

Sidenote

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading [Sidenote: The Wedding-Guest feareth that a Spirit is talking to him;]

skinnyadjectiveUS /ˈskɪni/

being very thin

From this reading I fear thy skinny hand!

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading I fear thee and thy glittering eye, And thy skinny hand, so brown.'-- Fear not, fear not, thou Wedding-Guest!

SpiritnounUS /ˈspɪrət/

the vital principle or animating force within living things

From this reading [Sidenote: The Wedding-Guest feareth that a Spirit is talking to him;]

talkingnounUS /ˈtɔːkɪŋ/

an exchange of ideas via conversation

From this reading [Sidenote: The Wedding-Guest feareth that a Spirit is talking to him;]

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading [Sidenote: The Wedding-Guest feareth that a Spirit is talking to him;]

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading [Sidenote: The Wedding-Guest feareth that a Spirit is talking to him;]

theepronounUS /ðiː/

an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person

From this reading 'I fear thee, ancient Mariner!

thoupronounUS /ðaʊ/

an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person

From this reading 225 And thou art long, and lank, and brown, As is the ribbed sea-sand.[196:1] [Sidenote: But the ancient Mariner assureth him of his bodily life, and proceedeth to relate his horrible penance.]

thydeterminerUS /ðaɪ/

an old word for “your”, speaking to one person

From this reading I fear thy skinny hand!

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading [Sidenote: The Wedding-Guest feareth that a Spirit is talking to him;]

Wedding-Guest

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From this reading [Sidenote: The Wedding-Guest feareth that a Spirit is talking to him;]

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