2006-08-01 13:48:40 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
It's from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
2006-08-01 13:53:46 · answer #1 · answered by sophicmuse 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
2006-08-01 13:54:14 · answer #2 · answered by lachicadecafe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's in "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
It refers to the vast ocean around the speaker's ship. The "water, water everywhere" is the ocean, but since it's salt water, there's "not a drop to drink."
Also, it can refer to the spiritual side of desperation. When one is desperate, it often feels like God is everywhere (like the water in the poem) but choosing to ignore you or whatever. That's what I interpret the speaker to be feeling, anyway. It's like...the water is taunting him because it contains salt and he's so thirsty.
2006-08-01 17:09:59 · answer #3 · answered by silverphoenixwings 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is spoken by the mariner as he tells his story in "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
2006-08-01 15:27:34 · answer #4 · answered by Teacherwoman9 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
answers as above . the lines tho are:
"water, water everywhere and all the boards did shrink.
water water, water everywhere nor any a drop to drink ".
2006-08-01 17:12:31 · answer #5 · answered by phalandrone 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
it's by da mariner....he says this while narrating his story to da ppl around....while explaining da plight of da ppl on board after he killed da Albatross....
from da same poem comes da phrase "Albatross around one's neck"...it's a problem u can't get off....in other words it always follows U...
2006-08-01 18:49:26 · answer #6 · answered by maxsteel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋