> GSV Ancient Submariner
John H. replied:
Do you rhyme?
Sorry, I'm stuck in a cramped middle seat on a flight
from Atlanta to Dallas and couldn't resist. Do you now how hard it is to type when the guy in
front of you has his seat all the way back?!?
Very? ;-)
Rime is an old form of the word "rhyme," but rime is also "A coating of ice, as on grass and trees, formed when extremely cold water droplets freeze almost instantly on a cold surface" according to www.dictionary.com. Given that _Rime of the Ancient Mariner_ talks about going far south to very cold regions... here's an excerpt:
The ice was here, the ice was there,
The ice was all around :
It cracked and growled, and roared and howled,
Like noises in a swound !... I always wondered if the title _Rime of the Ancient Mariner_ was a pun. Does anyone know enough about Coleridge to know if he's the kind of guy that would make that kind of pun?
Reggie Bautista "Driven south to the land of the snow and ice To a place where nobody's been Through the snow fog flies on the albatross Hailed in God's name, hoping good luck it brings." -- Rime of the Ancient Mariner as sung by Iron Maiden
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