at war with the Vikings and soon the Anglo Saxons King died. “The Wanderer”‚ is an Old English poem written during the time King Edward died; it discusses a warrior’s lone journey to find a new lord and ponders through thoughts‚ memories‚ and craves companionship. “The Seafarer”‚ is also an Old English poem written during the Anglo-Saxon time‚ it is about a seafarer who longs for the waves of the sea and similar to the wanderer‚ he has no companion. The people described in both poems have very
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Jay Smith Mr. Tonnies British Literature P.1 September 11th‚ 2012 A Comparison and Contrast of the Wanderer and the Seafarer Two different men‚ in Anglo-Saxon time‚ traveling‚ wandering the earth. One‚ hoping he was with family‚ wishing death would come to him and the other‚ enjoying the feeling of being alone‚ free from society. In the poems‚ The Wanderer and The Seafarer‚ both men begin without Christianity and as the poem comes to a close‚ they both find God and learn why it is important
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The Wanderer and The Seafarer are both poems centered around loneliness and exile. The Wanderer tells a story of a past warrior and of his past experiences with his fellow warrior men and also of his lord. Forced into exile by fate he now roams the sea troubled by memories of feasts with his lord and comrades. The Seafarer is a poem told from the point of view of an old seaman who is describing how hard life was at sea compared to life on land. As the poem progresses‚ the speaker begins to explain
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The Seafarer & the Wanderer Short AnswerThe poem we know as "The Seafarer" doesn’t actually have a title in its manuscript. Its title was given to it by later editors of the poem. What do you think of this title? What would you name this poem if you were the editor in charge? I think its okay‚ but a little misleading because it’s more about a longing for home than life at sea. I would probably name it The Longing‚ because of the narrator’s constant longing for his home. Why is the speaker
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different ways‚ depending upon the lyric or story. Exile is prevalent in the lyrics “The Seafarer‚” “The Wanderer‚” and “The Wife’s Lament.” Each lyric displays exile in a completely different way; however‚ all three works instill the fear of exile in a powerful way to the reader/listener. “The Seafarer” immediately states the main idea of self-imposed exile in the second sentence of the lyric. Lines 1-3 of “The Seafarer” states‚ “It tells how
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collection of Old English poetry in existence. In “The Seafarer”‚ “The Wanderer” and “The Wife’s Lament”‚ Anglo-Saxon poets indicate loneliness motivates people to seek remedies for current sufferings. “The Seafarer” discusses the loneliness brought by traveling on the sea during winter ; “The Wanderer” demonstrates the solitude of being a friendless exile; and “The Wife’s Lament” displays the solitary of a woman being abandoned by her husband. “The Seafarer” is told in first person narrative with the circumstance
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The Comparison of the Wanderer and the Seafarer The Wanderer and The Seafarer belong to elegies‚ wh ich are ´the most subjective and emotional part of Anglo-Saxon poetry being otherwise much restraine d in real feeling and emotion´ . The word elegy is derived from ´the Greek elegos meaning funeral so ng´ and like all elegies both poems are full of melancholy‚ mournful mood. The influence of christi anity‚ which penetrated into Anglo-Saxon society in the sixth and seventh century‚ is evident
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poems without known authors can be very intriguing. The wife’s Lament‚ translated by Alfred David‚ can be classified as one of these poems. The poem is dated back to the middle ages mainly because of the way the poem was written and the cultural references within the poem. The poem is about a woman that is lamenting over her husband who abandoned her and put her into a position where she has to live in the wilderness alone. The Wife’s Lament is an exemplary poem that contains an immense number of themes
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chose to pass on stories generation to generation to reveal their feelings and experiences. Poems made a great impact in easing the pain. In the poems‚ "The Seafarer" and "The Wanderer"‚ the themes of loneliness and exile exist throughout both of the poems. The unknown authors portray the two themes through detail and emotion. "The Seafarer" creates a storyline of a man who is "lost" at sea. There is a major reference to the concept of the sea and how it "captures" the soul and leaves a lonely
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The poems “The Wanderer” and “The Seafarer”‚ found in the Exeter Book with unknown authors‚ represent a lot about what Anglo-Saxon life is about. The Anglo-Saxons are a group of people from the Baltic shores of Germany who drove out the Britons in order to settle the greater part of Britain. The Sutton Hoo treasure‚ composed of ornate weapons and jewelry‚ demonstrated that the Anglo-Saxons were great craftsmen‚ historians‚ scholars‚ and poets disparaging the common depiction of them as barbaric.
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