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Key Examples in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Part I
Explanation and Analysis—The Wedding :
The frame story in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner serves as a narrative device to contextualize the main tale told by the Mariner. The poem begins with the Wedding Guest, a man who is on his way to a joyous celebration. In Part I, he tries to escape having to listen to the Mariner's tale:
The wedding-guest here beat his breast,
For he heard the loud bassoon.
The Bride hath pac'd into the Hall,
Red as a rose is she;
Nodding their heads before her goes
The merry Minstralsy.
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