Read the passage. he holds him with his skinny hand, “hold off! unhand me, graybeard loon! ” eftsoons his hand dropped he. he holds him with his glittering eye— the wedding guest stood still, and listens like a three years’ child… in “the rime of the ancient mariner” by samuel taylor coleridge, how does the mariner get the wedding guest to stay and listen to his story?
the mariner leads the wedding guest aboard a ship and won’t let him off until he listens.
the mariner captures the wedding guest’s attention with a strange, glittering look.
the mariner tells the wedding guest that even a three-year-old would like the story.
the mariner holds onto the wedding guest with his hand to stop the guest from leaving.