(a) What does the expression ‘The Mariner holds him with his glittering eyes’ mean? (b) How did the Mariner hath his will?

Question

Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow:

He holds him with his glittering eye

The Wedding-Guest stood still,

And listens like a three years’ child:

The Mariner hath his will.

Questions

(a) What does the expression ‘The Mariner holds him with his glittering eyes’ mean?

(b) How did the Mariner hath his will?

(c) What is the poetic device used in the third line?

Answer 1

(a) It means that he holds him under the spell of his glittering eyes.

(b) The Mariner had his will by forcing him to listen to his tale.

(c) The poetic device used here is simile.