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The Most Important Stanza

I chose the last stanza:

“Ah! well-a-day! What evil looks
Had i from old and young!
Instead of the cross, the Albatross
About my neck was hung.”

I chose this stanza because it powerfully closes up part 3 of the poem; iyt does this by saying it’s the end of a day that was a long tiring day, and then, it explains how he feels he has done wrong to himself and his crew by vcursing them by killing the Albatross. It also is a strong close because it symbolises the end of Jesus’ first life by saying:
“instead of ythe cross, the Albatross
about my neck was hung”
Which is a metaphor to what hes done against what humans have done.

Analysing The Poem

I chose the phrase ‘we hailed it in gods name’

I chose it because it shows that they are relieved by god’s care for them because it symbolises good luck for sailors which is why i thought this line was significant.also this line tells us how they were feeling before the albatross came across
– terrified for their lives, which is what i interpreted from the sentence, because he hailed the bird as if he was saved.

This is also a great description of whats happening because they used ‘hailed’
and you hail a god, but this bird is christian, so it makes it more powerful in this instance.

This is Your Online Domain

Hello and welcome to your personal online journal.

Edutronic has been created to enhance and enrich your learning at the London Nautical School. Its purpose is to provide you with an audience for your work (or work-in-progress) and you have the choice (by altering the ‘visibility’ of your posts) of whether your work on here is visible to the world, or only to your teacher.

Anything you post here in the public domain represents you and thus it’s important that you take care with that decision, but don’t be afraid to publish your work – as the feedback you may get from people at home, your peers and people from around the internet is only likely to enhance it.

Remember you can always access your class blog and all manner of resources through the Edutronic main website – and by all means check out the sites of your peers to see what they’re getting up to as well.

If you have any questions for your teacher, an excellent way to get an answer is to create a new private post on this journal. Your teachers are am notified of any new posts and will reply swiftly to any queries.

Make the most of, and enjoy this new freedom in your English learning!