Read the passage. the mariner … is gone; and now the wedding guest turned from the bridegroom’s door. he went like one that hath been stunned… what does the wedding guest do after hearing the mariner’s story in samuel taylor coleridge’s “the rime of the ancient mariner”? he finds the two other guests, so they too can also hear the mariner’s tale. he recounts the tale to other people, just like the mariner. he rejoins the wedding party so that they can begin the wedding. he leaves the wedding party, stunned by the tale he hears.

Demonstrating understanding of jem's development one way to demonstrate understanding of character and theme is by writing from the perspective of a character. for this assignment, compose a short poem from the perspective of jem. your poem should detail his feelings about either a. his father, atticus or b. mrs. dubose. the poem must accurately trace the progression of jem's attitudes and beliefs, highlighting the important events and shifts in his perspective detailed above. your writing should also sound like jem, using voice and word choice that reflects the voice and word choice found in the novel. the poem can be a free poem (meaning it does not need to rhyme or follow a particular format). it should be a minimum of twenty-lines in length, have a title, and follow conventional rules of spelling, grammar, and punctuation.