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c. What do you understand by the phrase ‘And eager faces, as the light unveils’?
i. It suggests that the people on board the ships are not looking towards the lighthouse

as it becomes invisible in the light.
ii. It suggests that the people on board the lighthouse are eagerly looking towards the

ships as they become visible in the light.
iii. It suggests that the people on board the ships are afraid of the lighthouse as it
becomes scary in the light.

iv. It suggests that the people on board the ships are eagerly looking towards the

lighthouse as it becomes visible in the light.
d. What kind of emotions are expressed in the phrase ‘Gaze at the tower, and vanish while

they gaze’?
i. a sense of fleetingness and transience

ii. a sense of loneliness and solitude

iii. a sense of joy and prosperity

iv. a sense of hopefulness and optimism

2. The mariner remembers when a child,

On his first voyage, he saw it fade and sink;
And when, returning from adventures wild,

He saw it rise again o’er ocean’s brink.

a. What does the mariner remember from his childhood?

b. What happened when the mariner returned from his ‘adventures wild’?

c. What significance does the mariner’s memory of the lighthouse have in the poem?
d. How does the mariner’s perspective on the lighthouse change from his childhood to his

later adventures?

Time to think and answer

1. How does the lighthouse symbolise more than just a navigational aid in this poem? What
deeper themes or ideas does it represent? Answer in 60−80 words.

2. Analyse the role of memory and nostalgia in the poem. How does the mariner’s memory
of the lighthouse shape his experiences and emotions, and what does it suggest about the
passage of time? Answer in 80−100 words. life skill critical thinking

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