Water, water, every where, nor any drop to drink
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"Water, water, every where, nor any drop to drink" is a renowned line from Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," expressing the irony of being surrounded by undrinkable water while suffering from extreme thirst.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| "Water, water, every where, nor any drop to drink" | 0 |
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
poetic line
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quotation ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Rime of the Ancient Mariner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Samuel Taylor Coleridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connotation |
desperation
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paradox ⓘ |
| culturalStatus | famous literary quotation ⓘ |
| describes | being surrounded by undrinkable seawater ⓘ |
| firstPublicationWork | Lyrical Ballads (expanded editions containing The Rime of the Ancient Mariner) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| form | rhymed verse ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkItAppearsIn |
literary ballad
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narrative poem ⓘ |
| hasVariant | "Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink" ⓘ |
| influence | English-language proverbial speech ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice | irony ⓘ |
| medium | text ⓘ |
| meter | ballad meter ⓘ |
| nationalityOfAuthor | British NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | stanza describing the mariners' extreme thirst ⓘ |
| period | Romantic era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rhymeSchemeContext | ABCB ballad stanza ⓘ |
| setting | sea ⓘ |
| spellingVariant | "every where" as archaic form of "everywhere" ⓘ |
| theme |
scarcity amid abundance
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suffering ⓘ thirst ⓘ |
| topic |
dehydration
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maritime hardship ⓘ seawater ⓘ |
| usedAs |
idiom
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proverbial expression ⓘ |
| usedToIllustrate |
dramatic irony
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environmental paradox ⓘ resource inaccessibility ⓘ |
| work | The Rime of the Ancient Mariner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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