Question

How does the Mariner select his audience?
a. When he feels he can no longer bear the pain, he stops the next person he meets.
b. He knows the right person as soon as he looks into that person’s eyes.
c. He travels from wedding to wedding and inn to inn, telling his tale in return for a seat at the feast and a night’s lodging.
d. His popularity makes it possible for him to choose from among many offers.

Answer 1

The answer is B. He knows the right person

Answer 2

The correct answer is B) He knows the right person as soon as he looks into that person’s eyes. 

The Mariner select his audience in that he knows the right person as soon as he looks into that person’s eyes. 

Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote the poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" in 1798. It tells the story of a sailor and its adventures during his navigation days. The Mariner tells its story as a way to teach others.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) was a renown English poet from the Romantic movement in Britain. Another famous poem he wrote was "Frost at Midnight."