The downfall of most people is relying on hope. In “A Wife’s Lament”‚ the narrator finds herself in bad situations thanks to her hoping for things to come out well. This shows in the sentence‚ “I traveled seeking the sun of protection and safety‚ accepting exile as payment for hope” (“the Wife’s Lament” 8-10). The narrator is a woman who is exiled‚ most likely because she is a traded item in peacemaking. Her new love’s family‚ though‚ has different plans for her. “But the man’s family was weaving
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Lament by Gillian Clark is a poetry that summarizes the sadness and loss of the people from the gulf war. Lament means ’sad and despair’. Clark has used a lot of language techniques to convey her thoughts on the gulf war. Some techniques was: she uses anaphora of the word ’for’ which is used a lot at the start of each line‚ the use of personification and the description of the war through an animal’s point of view. Also‚ the last line is the most important line of the whole poetry. The anaphora
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Molly Clayton Instructor: Roselyn Siphengphone College Writing 24 February 2015 Lament Lament is an under appreciated concept and practice in the typical evangelical Christian liturgy and imagination. It may be under appreciated because it is understood as harsh or abrasive language towards God. This may in turn lead one to think that lament is expressing unbelief. Alternatively‚ lament may be under appreciated because joy is emphasized in evangelical Christianity. Though this emphasis is certainly
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Matthew Clare Ms. McIntyre British Literature Tuesday‚ September 25‚ 12 The Seafarer Each struggles with the storms of life. The long nights fighting the icy cold seas. Ideas fill minds with despair and doubt. Some struggle with the knowledge of coming danger‚ others with the fear of not knowing. “The Seafarer” is an elegy that compares the sea to the fear of everyman‚ of every struggle and hardship. However‚ contained in this elegy is also the answer to these fears. The author depicts
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Compare and Contrast: A Wifes Lament and My Immortal In songs and poems authors use a lot of emotions and sensory details to keep writes interested. In the poem A Wifes Lament and the song My Immortal there are some differences and and some similarities. They are similar because they both are lonely and seeking comfort. They are also different because one specifies who made them upset and the other one does not. Emotions play a big role in songs and poems‚ they can be used to keep a reader interested
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Anglo-Saxon Elegy Elegy: a formal and sustained lament in verse that commemorates death‚ war or love lost‚ usually ending in a consolation. The Wife’s Lament The story behind the lament remains obscure The title of the poem is alternately translated as “The Wife’s Complaint” In old English‚ the gender of pronouns in the poem reveals that this speaker is a woman (but that doesn’t necessarily mean the poet was a woman) All that we can know for certain is that the speaker was married to
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many other human’s feelings towards the ocean. This passion is significant in “The Seafarer” by an anonymous Anglo-Saxon scop. “The Seafarer” intertwines the positives and negatives of a life at sea. The story goes through the sacrificial day to day life of a sailor. The voyages cause many controversial scenarios in the sailor’s life. Although sailing a life at sea is very interfering to a normal life‚ the Seafarer still loves the life he lives and also finds himself on a much deeper spiritual level
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to educate the people of England‚ for much of the population was illiterate. These spoken poems were made for either entertainment purposes or to send a special message. While some poems talk about exciting battles and brute strength‚ “The Wanderer” is a lament. Filled with strife and loss‚ the unknown poet uses anaphora‚ tone‚ and diction to help create a melancholic tone. In the beginning of the poem‚ the unknown author uses diction with negative connotation such as “frozen”‚ “cruel”‚ and “sorrow”
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ADDRESS: http://www.scribd.com/doc/25384981/Magna-Carta-for-Filipino-Seafarers-Draft DATE: MAGNA CARTA FOR FILIPINO SEAFARERS INTRODUCTION One of the most expected outputs of the Filipino Seafarers National Convention (FSNC) is to draft a Magna Carta for Filipino Seafarers to consolidate the seemingly disordered laws relevant to seafarers as well as to enhance the rights‚ benefits and privileges accorded to Filipino seafarers. In view of that objective‚ a drafting sub-committee was established
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The Lonely Wanderer The poem "The Wanderer‚" is written in many different methods which allow readers to perceptibly understand its many aspects. The poet’s vivid description creates imagery to better stimulate the agony of a wretched wanderer. It is written with many uses of assonance along with alliteration. It also has two different points of view‚ one is the wanderer and the other is the narrator. Beyond that‚ the poet expresses the complex issues within the poem through a simplified form
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