Loneliness In Seafarer

Loneliness In Seafarer
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Being alone and feeling alone are viewed as two different things but can both be felt at the same time. In life a lot of people can feel alone in
crowded places verses being alone physically and being completely contempt with how life is going for them. Depression has become something that
almost everyone has dealt with, weather personally or with someone that they know. Desolation is an anguished misery or sense of loneliness. The level
of pain and hurt that is usually felt with desolation is sometimes indescribable. A sense of desolation and exile is felt throughout all three of the
poems. Being out in the open water like the sailor in Seafarer is, is desolating yourself for land, people that you love and the society you live in
weather you like it or not. Crazy thing is that the sailor desolated himself on purpose. He liked the sea but was so beyond curious why things were
happening the way they were. Just like Beowulf, the sailor in seafarer puts himself in exile. Beowulf leaves his home, his comfort place, to go and
fight Grendel and ends up coming out victorious; the two have a lot in common because ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
Her sorrow and pain when her husband leaves is miserable to read, you can't help but feel pity for her. Dealing with exile in this poem is probably the
way that someone who is in depression would handle someone leaving them. The women in this poem puts herself in exile just like the rest of the
poems. This poem talks a lot about how all of her friends have someone to wake up to in the morning and she has no one. In the Bible, Psalms 25:16,
"Turn thee unto my, have mercy, upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted." This verse talks about asking God for mercy because they're going through
a hard time and aren't sure entirely what to do. The wife in Wife's Lament wanted to be shown mercy and affection again but her husband wasn't
coming home so she put herself in
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Figurative Language In The Seafarer
With a universal lesson, the seafarer takes a voyage toward a destination that no living human being ever went to. In the poem "The Seafarer" by
anonymous the speaker describes his struggles in a voyage on a sea. Revealing his holy faith towards Christianity, the speaker presents his voyage in
the sea as a symbolism of the voyage towards God and heaven. Reflecting his voyage, the speaker also lectures the readers regarding the period of
life, especially on the death. Multiple figurative languages within the poem imply the voyage on the sea as the ultimate journey to the heaven after
death. While expressing his conflicts in the voyage, the speaker also presents the setting of his voyage, the sea, when he explains that he "explored in a
boat

The Seafarer Culture
A life without television at all where there were plays only on special occasion, and these books represent the time and the warrior culture of the
Anglo–saxons. The culture sculpted The Exeter Book's preserved by scops and monks, later to be written down by the British to give them their
first literature. "The Seafarer" by Burton Raffel is the first of The Exeter Books and has a great message of how culture has changed the lives of
the people, and how he feels lost at sea living in the city. Then from the second Exeter Book "The Wanderer" by Charles Kennedy shows the aged
warriors feeling alone, because men aren't what they use to be. Finally " The Wife's Lament" by Ann Stanford and the effect of the culture and it's
views on the importance of women at the time. The three Exeter Book's each have a message explaining the changing of time and how we've as a
culture changes, the messages of feeling lost in the city, how men conceal but... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
"The Seafarer laments that city men, who are red–faced with wine and enjoy an easy life, find it hard to fathom how the fatigued seafarer could
consider the violent waters his home." (Greenfield) Often as a young man coming from a small town when I visit a large town I'm in a aww as a
see how big these cities can be, but after a while I like the seafarer wish to return to my small home town. We all are born into a time or place that
we can call home, and the seafarer was born in a time where the sea was his home a place where he is often and loves. The people of the town of
wander why this man loves this because a town has everything he needs, but since they were born in the town that's how they see home. The seafarer
is lost in the city as a men born in the city would be lost at sea, and this is because of how times have changed the

The Seafarer And Macbeth
In both the elegy "The Seafarer" by Ezra Pound and the Shakespearean play Macbeth, the writers use imagery to create a graphic representation of the
characters and scenery within a story with the use of descriptive sensory details provided for the reader and their imaginations. Within these two stories
the writers use this element to portray the lion–hearted main characters. In the "The Seafarer," the reader follows the perspective of a man during the
Anglo–Saxon times and his complicated relationship with the sea. The Anglo–Saxon times were filled with hardships such as disease, storms, floods,
and the separation of families. The boats men would set out upon their journeys within were primitive and difficult to maneuver in the harsh... Show
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This idea of challenging oneself in order to prove one's tenacity and honorability is also evident in Macbeth when describing the remains of where
Macbeth's men have battled and succeeded. In the medieval times battles were direct, brutish and bloody. After the fighting ceased and the enemy
was killed, a captain arrives to a military camp where the king of Scotland, Duncan, waits to hear the news of what had occurred. The captain regards
the man Macdonwald as a cowardly traitor in which Macbeth heroically defeated. He states to the king: "For brave Macbeth (well he deserves that
name),/ Disdaining Fortune, with his brandished steel,/ Which smoked with bloody execution/ (Like valor's minion), carved out his passage/ Till he
faced the slave;" (i.ii 16–20). Here the captain describes Macdonwald not even worthy to be killed by Macbeth's sword for he is such a fantastic war
hero, and bluntly stated, a brave man. Shakespeare paints a picture of Macbeth articulately and masculinely slaying the cowardly "slave". The use of
the words brave, brandished steel, and carved all have the reader imagine a bloody, articulate, bold and fearless killing; a killing many men would not
have the courage to perform. On top of this by using the word execution, the carrying out of a sentence of death on a condemned person, infers that
Macdonwald was a criminal in need of

The Seafarer And The Wife's Lament
Exile was a terrifying threat for the Anglo–Saxons. In that time the villages were far and few between, so exile was very serious. One who was exiled
was alone and had to find their own food and shelter, which could have been very difficult for the Anglo–Saxons. Exile was a form of punishment, but
sometimes it was chosen. We know exile was a major part of life in this time because many of the writings found mention it. "The Seafarer," "The
Wanderer," and "The Wife's Lament" all mention exile. Each lyric tells a different experiences with exile. Although, the speakers in each lyric were
exiled for different reasons they each had similar experiences. In "The Seafarer" the man tells of exile at sea. The seafarer tells how frigid and lonely
being at sea is. There is nothing around except ice and water, no trees or buildings. He only hears the sounds of birds and the waves instead of the
sound of people and the mead hall. It is difficult to get food and the man is often starving. It is extremely dangerous to be at sea and most people
would not go willingly often. However, the seafarer chose to go to sea, he chose to go in exile. The seafarer chose exile at sea because he did not like
the people he left behind on land. He feels men no longer have any pride or honor. The man... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
In each of the lyrics the speakers were exiled for very different reasons, but one feeling they all shared was sadness. The man in "The Seafarer" was
sad and disappointed because the way men were not acting they same way men had in the past. They no longer had glory or honor they way they
did in the past. The man in "The Wanderer" was sad because his lord and comrades had died. Everyone can understand being sad after losing love
ones. The wife in "The Wife's Lament" was sad because her husband left her. She is also sad because of her hardships with the other lover and her
husband's

The Seafarer Analysis
The Seafarer, like most elegies, is a poem about suffering. In this case, it details the hardships and anxieties in the life of a sailor, and the relief he
finds from them in Christianity. This pious character reveals, through his own sufferings and priorities, the worries faced and the values upheld by
people in the Middle Ages.
The poem begins with the line "I can sing a true song of myself," (1) which tells the reader that this story is specifically about the speaker. The
speaker is a seafaring man, and most of his hardships have to do with his difficult life at sea in the winter. The speaker's voyage is a tumultuous one,
filled with winter storms that he cannot find shelter from. Throughout the first half of the poem, there is diction invoking the cold. "Pinched with cold
were my feet, bound by frost in cold fetters," (8–10) and "hung with icicles while hail flew in showers." (17) It is notable that his voyage takes place in
the winter, because winter has historically been a time when people lacked the things they needed and worried for their survival. The Seafarer, too,
lacks things he needs. He lacks shelter from the cold, because "the anxious night–watch often held [him] at the ship's stem," (6–7) as he looked ahead
for obstacles in the ship's path. This can be seen as a metaphor for anxiety about the future, which is a struggle not only for the speaker himself, but
for many people at the time of this poem's creation. English speakers in this time lived among the ruins of Rome; they understood that things fall apart
over time. The seafarer himself later says "The days are lost, and all the pomp of this earthly kingdom," (81–82) referring to the fall of Rome and the
loss of those days of plenty.
The speaker suffers from one thing even more keenly than his lack of shelter and fear for his future: lonliness. "No sheltering family could bring
consolation to my desolate soul," (25–26) he laments. The use of the word "sheltering" here is interesting, because it echoes his lack of shelter from
the elements. A family would shelter him from loneliness in the same way being in a house would shelter him from the harsh winter weather. The
seafarer is so profoundly lonely that he imagines the birds as merrymaking

Depression In 'The Seafarer'
What is depression? How do most people feel when they are isolated? Does it help when they find a activity they love to get their mind off of being
exclie? How do they know what love is? How do they even love? Is it just a mind game? "The Seafarer," by an anonymous Anglo–Saxon scop, focuses
on the themes of environmental changes and maintain a locus of control. The elegy reveals the frustration, isolation, and helplessness the speaker
is faced with. The speaker is hopeless as the world is disappearing in his own mind. The world is changed and the speaker struggles to adapt to the
thought of being addicted. Though he feels as if he exile, suffering from breaking promises, with a mix of an interpolation, he reminisces about the
passion of the sea. The first section is a prologue by the scoop that introduces the speaker's words of "wandering" (5) and how he feels is lost. The
speaker is then "took" (2) away from his unhappy mindset at the world. He almost feels as if he has no locus of control. Approaching the situation with
syncretism reflects the Anglo–Saxon "fate" and the interpolation used within "The Seafarer". The second... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
This was a enormous fear of the Anglo–Saxons, which one feared. They believed being exciled was a way to get killed. He feels his soul "roaming"
(59) the sea with the animals. This is an example of kinetic imagery. The Anglo–Saxons loved imagery. This type of imagery was used when they gave
something movement that was not alive. He feels as if he is trapped and no one understands. Also in is stanza the speaker is using an aggressive tone.
Words like "solitary", "screaming", and "exciting" (63)Нѕ However shows how much he loves the sea and how he belongs there. Furthermore this
section's tone can compare to the waves of the sea. An example is, "on the curve of a wave" (64). However the sea and he are both using an
aggressive tone both physical and mentally

The Wanderer Vs. The Seafarer
In the Anglo–Saxon story "The Wanderer" the exile is self inflicted due to the narrator trying to find a new lord. Similar to the story "The Seafarer",
the narrator states how lonely he is and how cold he is. The narrator exiles himself after all his kinsmen and lord are killed most likely during a
fight or battle. The exile is very hard for the narrator because he is all alone. The separation from his kinsmen is the worst he has ever felt and he
does not have anyone else to rely on during his journey looking for a new lord. The difference between "The Wanderer" and "The Seafarer" is that the
narrator in "The Wanderer" did not choose his exile like the narrator in "The Seafarer."
In the Anglo–Saxon story "The Wife's Lament", the exile

Comparing The Seafarer And The Wanderer
Looking at these two poems– considered to be sister poems– I have found distinct similarities and differences. In The Seafarer, an old man is reflecting
upon his life as a sailor. He described his personal burdens of being on sea but he does find beauty in it. But as in The Wanderer, a warrior is upon
the ocean searching for comfort as he mourns the loss of his loved ones and society. It is well understood that they have the feeling of loneliness in
common as well as the importance in sharing a connection with God. But there are differences as well, such as The Wanderer is repining and The
Seafarer is looking back on the times he now sees as desirable. Yet as reading these poems, I have found more similarities than differences.
First, a similar connection these two poems share is the theme of loneliness. In The Seafarer it said, "No kinsman could offer comfort there, to a soul
left drowning in desolation (Seafarer, 25–25)." By his description of "drowning in desolation,"it could be interpreted as suffocating with devastation, no
one can soothe his lonely soul. Corresponding to The Wanderer, "My heart has closed on itself, quietly learning ... Show more content on
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In this quote from The Seafarer you'll see the narrator is talking in past tense. "How wretched I was, drifting through winter on an ice–cold sea, whirled
in sorrow, alone in a world blown clear of love, hung with icicles (Seafarer 14–18)," The Seafarer is reflecting on his life wanting to return to the sea
despite his misery. In The Wanderer the narrator is blackened, talking about how he is in need of benefaction, "Grey with mourning. Once there were
men to whom my heart could hurry, not with open longing. They're long since dead (Wanderer 9–11)." The Wanderer witnessed destruction through his
life and is in deep sorrow thinking about it whereas The Seafarer is pondering about his hardlines but the grace of the

Christianity In The Seafarer
Weekly Writing Assignment #3
A man chosen as a seafarer endures alone in a blue abyss and survives through the harsh winds and hostile territory alone, with none to confide his
suffering to other than himself, and virtually no reasons to continue the sufferation known as life, yet, despite the odds, he lives on, and tells his
suffering in a poem known as "The Seafarer". In "The Seafarer", the author of the poem releases his long held suffering about his prolonged journey in
the sea. While the poem explains his sufferings, the poem also reveals why he endured anguish, and lived on, even though the afterlife tempted him.
Besides expressing his reasons to live, more importantly, the poem narrates the huge impacts of Christianity on him.
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As for the narrator in "The Seafarer", Christianity and the belief of an afterlife saves him from ending his own life prior to believing in a place much
better than his present and the endorsement of "The Measurer" if he lives on. Besides Christianity being a huge impact in this poem, the author also
uses many of the techniques listed by Foster such as using season and weather to symbolize his harsh conditions. As stated by Foster, "seasons have
stood for the same set of meanings," winter, the time of "Death and rebirth, growth and harvest and death"(189–190). In "The Seafarer, the speaker
clearly uses the winter weather to show his demise, and also his will of death. Yet besides his suffering, the winter also brought his growth. In that
winter time, he realized his goal of life, to repay the debt he owed to his creator. Despite winter conditions, the "hail [that] fell to the ground" also
symbolized as a realization as shown by Foster "It's more than just rain or snow", this realization revelates in the form of being enlightened
religiously (69). Besides hail symbolizing a realization, the entire seafaring trip also exemplifies an important concept, Baptism, or a "rising from
the dead"(169). As the speaker started on, his present was no more than a "dead life," yet, later on, the speaker seems to "[rise] from the dead" as he
realizes his demise, after the entire trip out to the sea, he returns and realizes that he had been dead all along, and that "life pertains to the love of the
Lord, hope in heaven," not "[performing] the greatest glories"(84,

The Seafarer Paganism
The Anglo–Saxon time period was a very transitional period for the British Isles. At this time, people were shifting from the warrior culture of
Paganism to the more materialistic views of Christianity. The Pagans had no fear in death, knowing that leading an honorable life would ensure some
sort of afterlife for them. Those who took up Christianity found solidarity in God, and believed that pleasing him would ensure salvation and acceptance
into heaven. The author of "The Seafarer" brings both ideologies together in his poem, highlighting a similarity between the two opposing religions.
Regardless of religion, the afterlife is the end goal. The poem shows humans have always had an underlying faith in life after death. The Seafarer
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To Pagans, fate always ends in death. It guides those who are willing to follow it to the afterlife. In Paganism, fate has three possible endings, which
the author describes as, "Fate 's three threats/... Illness, or age, or an enemy's/ Sword." (70–71). As previously stated, Pagans hold honor in high regard.
The most honorable of fate's three threats is death by an enemy, and it is what most Pagans wished for at the time. This, however, has become very
difficult due to the transitions in both religion and culture. Many people are moving towards more materialistic values, rather than traditional Pagan
values of being a warrior. As a result, dying by an enemy's sword is nearly impossible. The Seafarer has exiled himself to move away from these
materialistic values, and eventually reflects on traditions lost in time. "The days are gone/ When the kingdoms of earth flourished in glory;/ now there
are no rulers, no emperors." (81–83). Now, rather than dying an honorable death and reaching the afterlife, waiting for death by old age or illness is
the only option for him. Rulers are no longer fighting for land, so there is no need for bloodshed. The afterlife remains these people's main goal, yet
the path taken to get there is much more difficult. Even through this change, however, Pagans remain in firm belief that there is an afterlife to look
forward to, and that leading a life of honor will take them

Theme Of The Seafarer And The Wanderer
"The Seafarer" and "The Wanderer" are both poems that describe the hardships of the average Anglo–Saxon warrior. These stories show that life during
the times of the Anglo–Saxons is not pleasant. In fact, it appears to be tough, fearful, and depressing. In "The Seafarer", a man describes his horrid
life on the sea, and in "The Wanderer", a man tells his tale of being put into exile and losing all his fellow warriors and lord. Both men feel physical
and emotional pain while going through their adventure. The seafarer claims that the sea itself is torturing him by saying "...the sea took [him], swept
[him] back and forth in sorrow and fear and pain." (2–3) The seafarer also explains that coldness is much more than just a feeling but a ... Show more
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Even at certain times, he is able to see his warrior friends but they soon fade away as if he is hallucinating.
While "The Seafarer" and "The Wanderer" have similar key themes, there are also quite a few unique differences between one another. Both men
struggle in their lives, but the seafarer chooses to live the kind of life he wants, yet the wanderer does not have a choice. The seafarer claims to
continue travelling since the sea gives him an adrenaline rush and embraces the sea. He feels that it is his duty to travel the sea. The wanderer has
no choice in experiencing what he is experiencing as he has been forced into exile, which makes others feel even worse for him. It says in line 9 of
"The Wanderer" that "[being] lonely and wretched, [he] wailed [his] woe," which very much implies that he currently hates his life and would
never wish it upon anyone else. A second difference between the two poems are the poems' individual opinions on time. The seafarer believes that
life gets increasingly difficult as time goes on due to the loss of glory and honor overtime. The seafarer also believes this could be due to one being
closer to eternal life with God as time goes on. The wanderer, however, has an opposite opinion. Towards the end of the poem, he looks optimistic on
life and knows that life can and will always get better. He himself is the only

The Seafarer And Beowulf
"The Seafarer", an elegy from the Exeter Book Elegies, discusses the idea that the Anglo–Saxon way of life is fleeting, and the only way to overcome
this is living a life free of sin. The Anglo–Saxon epic Beowulf continuously digresses into stories whose purpose is to teach the main character how to
behave in order to become a heroic figure. In the excerpt from first work mentioned, the speaker believes that soon the "pomp" and "lordly fame"
associated with the warrior culture of the Anglo–Saxon world will be a thing of the past (82, 85). Conversely, in the Beowulf excerpt, which tells the
story of the bad King Heremod, the attitude of the speaker is that warrior culture is a central part of life. The speaker of "The Seafarer" excerpt
explains the benefits of being a man who is "humble" and "strong minded" (108, 109). On a similar note, the speaker of the Beowulf excerpt
condemns those who are selfish "he gives no golden rings" and "angry" (1749). Both the poem and the epic discuss the ideal way that a man should
conduct himself. The importance of these lessons in "The Seafarer" is to live an everlasting life in heaven while in Beowulf the reason is to gain glory
on earth and be remembered.
In the pair of excerpts from "The Seafarer" and Beowulf, the speakers are convinced of the urgent need to offer advice to their respective audiences
because of a recent or coming change.
The speaker of "The Seafarer" believes that soon the warrior way of life will no longer be

Seafarer And Beowulf
Throughout the years, the world has changed and developed. Issues, beliefs, and morals are always changing although they can be alike in some
manner. Literature is affected by this. Literature is greatly influenced by various aspects of the world and what occurred during the time it is written.
Because of this impact, the time period is often reflected through the writing composed. Within the epics "The Seafarer" and Beowulf, the time period
was reflected through the social ideals, styles of writing, and stories. Social ideals are characteristic standards that are admirable and modelled. These
ideals are what people of that time want to be and expected to act like. An ideal inside the text of Beowulf is loyalty to the king. During the
Anglo–Saxon period, kings ruled the numerous kingdoms and were immensely respected. In Beowulf, it reads, "My Lord, the great king of the Danes,
commands me" (line 149). Addressing the king as Lord puts the king on the same level as God. Christianity was one of the religions the Anglo–Saxons
believed in and God was the ultimate power. The king being compared to God put him on a high pedestal and made him as respectful as God. In
addition, at the end of the quote it says that the king commanded Wulfgar to invite the soldiers into the hall. The word choice of commands shows
that he feels as if it is his duty to fulfill the instructions of the king. Another social ideal Beowulf expresses is sense of fair play. In the lines 189–191,
Beowulf says,

The Seafarer Essay
The sea can symbolize a multitude of emotions; some believe the sea is a simple for loneliness and some believe it is a symbol of peacefulness.
Many writers of used variations of these two things to fit the story they are writing. The poem The Seafarer, tells a story about a man who is off at sea
working in the fifth century. The sailor goes through many thoughts and emotions while out on the lonely sea. In the beginning of the poem, the sailor
is struggling with his own wallowing. He is consumed with the fact that he is not at home and is by himself on a ship. The sailor makes it clear that
he is scared and seems to really hate his life, but somehow in the middle of the poem he finds faith and pride. He begins to reminisce on the great
things waiting for him at home and his time on the ship. The sailor overall begins to feel peacefulness at sea, instead of loneliness. ... Show more content
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In Homer's epic The Oddessy, the sea is one of the major symbols used throughout the poem. The Oddessy is an epic poem about a man named
Odyessus' struggle to return home to his wife, Penelope. On his journey home he runs into many obstacles that he must overcome, for example, he runs
into the Siren's whose call is supposed to convince men, by their singing, to kill them themselves. The sea, in this epic poem, is used to represent the
long journey the hero must endure, which can be frightening and lonely at

The Seafarer Dualism
Almost everything has two parts to it. Whether it be good and evil; land and sea; or heaven and earth; dualism is present everywhere. However, in
dualism, the two parts are not just randomly selected.The two parts contrast each other and are almost complete opposites. The author of the elegy,
"The Seafarer", lived during the Anglo–Saxon's reign over Britain. In a similar fashion to other pieces of literature from this period, it was most likely
passed around through word of mouth and was then eventually written by a Monk. This poem is highly spiritual and may have appealed to the
Anglo–Saxon people as they felt a strong connection to God. Through the use of dualism, the speaker in "The Seafarer" strengthens the controlling
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However, they speak about both in a completely different manner. When talking about the sea, the speaker uses phrases such as "the freezing waves,"
(19) and "ice–cold sea, whirled in sorrow," (15). These phrases portray the sea in a negative manner. When the author talks about the land, phrases like
"Orchards blossom, the town blooms/Fields grow lovely as the world springs fresh," (48–49). Phrases such as these portray the land positively. This
difference shows the commonly used good and bad dualism. But, this is just the surface of the speakers comparisons and metaphors. The controlling
metaphor of this story is that the sea represents a Christian's suffering in life while the land represents freedom and happiness. The author shows this
suffering and weakness by using phrases such as "In icy bands, bound with frost/ With frozen chains and hardships groaned," (9–10) and "Alone in a
world born clear of love," (16). On the other hand, phrases such as "passion of cities, swelled proud with wine/ and no taste of misfortune," (28–29)
show freedom and happiness. By using the good versus bad dualism, the speaker draws attention to the controlling

The Seafarer Sparknotes
"The seafarer" by an anonymous anglo saxon scop focuses on personal torment. He is a who questions his life everyday wondering why he does
this longing to find the answers. He remembers why he sils on the sea he loves the sight of land on the horizon seeking new shores and new
adventures. The first section starts off with the seafarer talking about his constant internal conflict between sea and land. He hates that he is never
home for his wife. He hates the cold and hunger he has to endure everyday. He goes on and on about the "sorrow" and "misfortune" he has. The "death
noise" fills his ears. He feels exiled from his home at some points. This is not good for him because being away from your home and being alone was
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The interpolation was just randomly thrown in. there is no build up for it. They just added is at the end of the story. It has nothing to do with the
rest of the story. It talks about how there are no "givers of gold" (85). That is one of the good parts. It shows his disparity and how he has nothing.
He has no hope for the future in this section. The seventh section is very confusing because they kinda just drop the story. They don't talk about it
for the rest of the story. They continue the interpolation but it move to how people are scared of god. They are scared that he has all power and
kill them.they even says in line 105 that they "fear god". They go on to sue the word "chaste" (112). This means the once pure innocent land is
now hell on earth. That all people will suffer. Maybe the end of the interpolation is supposed to show how the seafare feels. He is raped is suffering
he is stuck in his own personal hell on earth. The seafarer is over all a sad story of a man filled with physical emotional and spiritual torment. He
goes out everyday on the water not wanting to but he must because he loves it. The story is always bringing him farther down and down but in the end
he realizes his love for the sea and why no matter what he must venture out not knowing what fate will bring

What Is The Mood Of The Seafarer
The Seafarer is a elegy–style poem that depicts the suffering and the hardships of an unnamed traveler of the sea. It is notably similar to the poem
from the previous lesson , The Wanderer, in the sense that most of the poem consists of the narrator sharing his misfortunes with the readers. The poem
takes readers on a mental walk–through of the narratorВґs "Psychological Journey" that begins with him expressing his sorrow and concludes with his
realization that, despite the hardships he endures in his life at sea, he should live in gratitude to God for all that He has done. The narratorВґs
"Psychological Journey" undergoes several different seasons. These seasons are both emotional and literal as the climate briefly changes from Winter
to Spring halfway through the poem. The narratorВґs emotional seasons begin on a fairly grim note. He introduces the readers to his harsh seafarer
lifestyle that calls for extreme endurance of vicious weather and bitter cold; not to mention the emotional endurance that he struggles to maintain. In the
opening line, readers catch a hint of something that, depending oneВґs perspective, can be interpreted as sarcasm from the narrator. Simply put, he says
that his life would make a good song; the trials he faces as a seafarer, though they wear him out, could end up entertaining others. In lines 4–33 provide
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No seafarer is above fearing for their future. However, his realization begins in line 103 when he begins his "speech" on the importance of fearing
Godd and ends the poem in an attitude of gratitude. This seems a little odd at first, that someone who started out being so sorrowful could become so
thankful and content. However, this realization that God, the creator of the world, is all knowing and all powerful and loves you is a message that can
comfort even the most weary of men and it is certainly something to be thankful

Alienation In The Filipino Seafarers
Introduction When Filipinos hear the word 'seaman' or seafarer', we generally have a constructed stereotype to judge that person from the said line of
work. Usually, they are regarded as well–off, an owner of a rather big house in the neighborhood, and of the upper middle class. In other words,
seafarers are highly regarded in a typical Filipino community to the extent that they are misjudged by many just because of their nature of work and
this becomes a ground for social alienation amongst members of the society. Though this does not generally detach the modern Filipino seafarer to its
contribution to the nation's progress, the trouble begins when they are dealing with their own families; such is the psychological effect of alienation for
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In this case, that very same alienation extends to the family's extremities, and help the children to take a similar path on their parents' line of work,
especially in the case of seafarers. This, in turn, makes the phenomenon of alienation progressive, passed down generations all for the sole goal of
financial success and the most troubling of it all is that OFW's may not even be fully aware of such a psychological phenomenon gripping their
families. In hindsight, due to the militaristic approach for maritime education, for cadets, this is seen as preparation for the hardships that is faced at
sea. Because of the said reasons, this study will be then concerned about fully understanding the Socio–Political alienation of Maritime students in the
current industry, its causes and effects as a psychological phenomenon, and how to increase the awareness of Filipino Maritime students that such a
phenomenon

The Seafarer Dualism Essay
The use of dualism in poetry and other literature helps the author contrast two ideas in order to highlight their importance. Google defines dualism as
"the division of something conceptually into two opposed or contrasted aspects, or the state of being so divided." "The Seafarer" is an elegiac poem
about a man who is stuck in between two worlds, the sea and the land. Translated by Burton Raffel, dualism in "The Seafarer" affects its poetic
structure, its imagery, its controlling metaphor, and its theme. Dualism dictates the tone in the story. It begins with a desolate tone in the first stanza,
"And forth in sorrow and fear and pain, / Showed me suffering in a hundred ships," (lines 3–4). The narrator's life is difficult and sometimes this... Show
One could see that the narrator is in awe of the sea and genuinely respects it. In the fifth stanza, the tone shifts to a contemptuous one, "Even from
hatred and rancor, of bravery / Flung in devil's face, and death / Can only bring you earthly praise," (lines 75–77). One could observe after reading that
the people who live on land only respect others once they have died. The contemptuous tone juxtaposed gone / When the kingdoms of earth flourished
in glory; / Now there are no rulers, no against the reverent tone is another example of

Figurative Language In The Seafarer
Following a tradition of oral story telling, a tribal historian, also known as a scop, would recall the stories that were eventually transcribed by Christian
monks. In addition to the influence of these christian monks, the Anglo–Saxons took over pockets of land where Christianity flourished. The narrator
in "The Seafarer" strongly believes in praising God and heaven even through the most troubling life at sea. In addition, the aspects of Christianity and
a powerful God reveal themselves throughout the narrator's conflicting desires for worldly pleasures at sea. Through this, the connection between the
suffering in the beginning and the glories of God are connected between the beginning and the latter half of the poem. While The Seafarer discusses
his endurance through the dreadful conditions, a tone change in the middle of the story causes a changed focus onto the spiritual pleasures that
emulate the lasting glory of heaven compared to the temporary grandeur on earth. With the harshness of the sea representing the cruelties of life on
earth, the narrator's fear of the all powerful God reflects his view of persevering through a life of suffering in order to spend a life in lasting eternity.
The descriptive imagery of severe conditions at sea occupies the majority of the reader's introduction to the narrator's tale. Through this figurative
language, the narrator indicates that the wrath of the sea would be feared by anyone, especially without the grace of God. With the sea

The Seafarer
"The Seafarer" is written by a sailor who is going through his trials of life, finds God, and wants to share his story with those struggling through
their own lives. Sometimes, the activities we love to do in life only tear us down, which I believe occurs throughout this story. Life gets wearing.
The hardships and depressing moments from living his life out on the sea make the sailor vulnerable to fully embrace the idea and acceptance of
religion. The poem starts out very dark, dreary, and depressing. The wording alone within the first part includes many words along the lines of my,
me, and I. The poem from the very beginning shows this by saying, "This tale is true, and mine. It tells how the sea took me, swept me back and
forth in sorrow and fear and pain, showed me suffering in a hundred ships, in a thousand ports, and in me" (line 1). The center focus is on his
hardships and what it's like to be human. Line 55 stresses this point by saying, "Who could understand, in ignorant ease, what we others suffer as the
paths of exile stretch endlessly on?" The sailor is stressing the importance of recognizing the trials in life and how... Show more content on
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He is at his breaking point in his trials and simply needs to be helped, which is why his focus changed from always being about himself to having
his focus on God. The sailor states in line 115 that "fate is stronger and God mightier than any man's mind." He hit a turning point in his life and
through his sorrows in which he is able to fully recognize the fulfilling prosperity of a life with God. The wording changed as well since there was no
longer I, me, or my. It became more about we, us, and you. "We all fear God" is one example of this (line 103). This change of wording occurs because
after finding God, it is no longer about the sailor himself. The world suddenly becomes a colorful canvas of people he wants to share his story with
and bring God's message

The Seafarer Rhetorical Analysis
"The Wanderer" and "The Seafarer" are both elegies that reflect Christian attitudes in their own respective views. Meaning it seems that they offer
two different levels off the messages being sent and how it is perceived. This essay will explain the Attitudes the Christian influence shows in each
elegy. "The Seafarer" has a more explicitly Christian message in terms of the directness of the message. It talks about a man's journey and his walk
through life. How he realizes that the life he is currently leading will eventually have an end. He goes on to let the reader know his accounts and how
the knowledge attained allows him to put his faith in God. So rather than dwell on the flesh and what is in this current life time he focuses on his
everlasting

The Seafarer
There are times when you want to be alone, and enjoy being alone. Other times, you can't stand being alone. You feel a void in your heart that
should be filled. This is the difference between solitude and loneliness. One is the pleasure of being alone, and the other is the curse of feeling
alone. Solitude is the joy of being alone. Sometimes you seek solitude to find privacy. Sometimes you need time to think by yourself. You choose to
be alone. In The Seafarer, one of the poems in The Exeter Book, the speaker expresses his desire to stay alone at sea: "Flying solitary, screaming,
exciting me/ to the open ocean, breaking oaths/ on the curve of a wave."(lines 62–64). On the other hand, there's loneliness. Loneliness feels like there
is an invisible

Comparing Beowulf And The Seafarer
The Anglo–Saxons had a rough go of it in the beginning, coming from the far north they were not able to grow crops in the desolate wastelands that
the harsh winters created. This meant that they had to travel and search for more fertile land to survive. In these desperate times of survival some rose
above all ordinary men, these were Anglo–Saxon heroes. The history of Anglo–Saxon heroism is widespread through art and literature. The
characteristics that it embodies are courage, a fervent belief in heavenly glory, and a calling to adventure. These qualities can be clearly seen in the epic
Beowulf and the elegy The Seafarer through their powerful leading characters. Without abiding by all of these heroic virtues none of the Anglo–saxon
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Anglo–Saxons and their heroes lived their lives with purpose, pursuing heavenly glory with all their heart and soul. The narrator of The Seafarer
voices his disdain for modern heroes, "The weakest survives and the world continues, kept spinning by toil. All glory is tarnished. The world's honor
ages and shrinks, Bent like the men who mold it."(lines 89–92) The narrator speaks of how the weak are able to survive easily and because of this all of
the heavenly glory that they would seek is tarnished, or ruined. This search for heavenly glory allowed the Anglo–Saxon heroes to sacrifice all for the
greater good, no matter the cost.
All of the qualities of heroism are seen in the characters in both The Seafarer and Beowulf. Both works feature heroes with a calling to adventure,
courage, and a belief in heavenly glory. These characteristics however, can also be shared with the ordinary man. There are plenty of people in today's
fast moving society that may seem ordinary but embody all the traits of an epic hero. A great American author, Ralph Waldo Emerson, once
proclaimed, "A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer." The only difference between a normal man and a hero is
the choice to make a

The Seafarer
The poem reminds me of my nanny and how she always believes the best in people. She is aware that there are things in this world such as the rich
and the poor however, none of that matters in terms of the way she sees people. My nan always tells us that her grandchildren are her world and
like the speaker in the Seafarer she has been through many struggles alone the way. I feel like the portrayal of god being the one who decides our
fate in the end, and that we should fear him comes from the same perspective that my nanny has. I feel that the way she views the significance of
money and social status is what the speaker in The Seafarer is trying to tell us. None of it means much to her, even though she understands that it's a
big part of todays

In The Fourth Section Of 'The Seafarer'
My Momma always said "Live your life the way you want to; but remember to learn from your mistakes and make memories." We are the ones that can
decide how we live our lives. Only we can make the memories we leave behind. We as people do not know what to expect after death. We must live our
lives the way we see best for ourselves. The first section of "The Seafarer" discuss the speaker's feelings about his life and fate. He feels "alone" (16) at
sea and full of "sorrow" (3). He tells of his "desolation" (26) plus emphasizes on the "ice cold" (15) weather. The seafarer is dedicated to his life at sea.
He considers that his life at sea is his providence. He feels compelled to stay on his path. The speaker has chosen to see where his journey takes him
and to continue to live in the moment. He in spite of the weather he refuses to give up on the adventures and thrills of the sea. He speaks of "frost"
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He explains his desire to continue his voyage and earn admiration. The speaker tells of life's obstacles and their purpose of existence. He feels only
death can show us our true principle on earth. The speaker lives his life for himself. He lives to the fullest and looks only forward. The speaker
tries to encourage us all to live our lives and never turn to see the past. Only death can end our joy of life. The speaker looks forward to what death
brings. He says death shows us the purpose of our troubles. He encourages we leave recollections behind whether good or bad to carry on our
legacies. We must stay true to our hearts and follow the paths we see best fit for the way we see is the better way to go in life. The speaker
encourages us all to pursue our hearts as he has followed his. He refuses to give up the life he lives for anyone. He does not care for the easy way out
of anything. He wants to animate his life to the fullest until the day he meets

The peril of exile was a major source of anxiety in Anglo–Saxon society. The lyrics of "The Seafarer," "The Wanderer," and "The Wife's Lament" infer
that the fundamental precipitate of Anglo–Saxon anxiety was the threat of exile. "The Seafarer," "The Wanderer," and "The Wife's Lament" all share
the common theme of exile in the Anglo–Saxon society. The peril of exile can be an eerie topic, because it is unknown when exile will occur. Each of
these poems manifests exile in diverse ways. Exile is a long stay away from home is if often enforced, but is occasionally self imposed, as it is in "The
Seafarer." Whether it is enforced or self imposed, exile has caused apprehension for plenty because it is the fear of the unknown. Exile can occur...
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Similar to "The Wanderer," in "The Wife's Lament," the wife experiences a friendless exile after her husband or "lord" sets out on a journey at sea,
leaving her in solitary and desolated. After the husband leaves, the wife begins to experience a lonely exile. She is now all alone and does not
know when or if her husband is returning. As time continues on, the wife begins to experience further exile and worry. Later, she decides she is
going to depart on a journey to find the love of her life. Unfortunately, the wife is unable to rejoin her husband due to a plot by his kinsman. Because
of the plot by the kinsman, she is damned to live in a hole in the ground where she experiences complete exile, as she is desolated in solitary and is
forced to live with her

The Seafarer Research Paper
The Old English era lasted from around 450–1066 A.D. (Anglo–Saxon Period 1). Within the Anglo–Saxon time period, writings were an important
piece. Many Anglo–Saxons writings surrounded the concept of exile and fate. Exile is the act in which a person spends a prolonged time away from
their home. Home is an important place for people and their well being. Traditions were made including alliteration, stressed and unstressed syllables,
etc. The most important tradition, however, was the poetry. The most significant part of the poetry was the simple fact of mourning and reflecting on
suffering and loss (Anglo–Saxon Period 1). Knowledge about the history helps in understanding these poems and why they relate to Anglo–Saxons'
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The woman in this poem grieves over the separation from her and her husband. Her husband left her because he was forced to leave for safety. She
blames her husband's kinsmen for dividing them and breaking her heart. Later in the poem, the woman meets another man. This man seemed to be
everything the woman needed, until he was revealed as a criminal. Other men disliked her new lover, forcing the woman to live in a cave. Even
though the woman from "The Wife's Lament" moved on from her husband, she was deeply depressed. The woman grieved over her husband, mourning
him. She was isolated from him, which was unbearable for her. Throughout the poem, she talks about the hardships of her life and Anglo–Saxon women
lived

The, The Wanderer And The Seafarer
In the medieval period, the Old English elegies use unnamed speakers that offer similar descriptions of devastated landscapes and immense personal
hardships. However, where the unknown authors' of the Old English elegies often present smilier descriptions and themes across their respective
works, they do not present similar opinions on larger concerns like religion and the role of community. This is a concept that is interwoven into the
framework of the Old English elegies "The Wanderer" and "The Seafarer". By comparing and contrasting these two works, this paper will argue that the
unnamed narrators' vivid descriptions of landscapes, circumstances surrounding their exile, and climactic perspectives on the earthly community
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However, where the narrator in "The Wanderer" focuses his descriptions on the abandoned and crumbling manmade landscape around him that is
entirely devoid of a sense of community, the narrator in "The Seafarer" does not. Unlike the wandering narrator, the seafaring narrator focuses his
descriptions of the community that is present in nature. The seafarer the utterly rejects the notion that a "sheltering family / could bring consolation for
his desolate soul" (25–26). This "sheltering family" (25) that the seafaring narrator alludes to in this line is the exact form of close–knit family that the
narrator in "The Wanderer" laments for desperately. While the seafaring narrator offers striking similar descriptions of the landscape being "bound by
ice" (9), he does not focus on these descriptions to dwell on the loss of an earthly community. Instead, the narrator in "The Seafarer" finds the landscape
that he inhabits wonderfully abundant with natural – even spiritual – elements that are commonly associated with an earthly community. In the barren
landscape, the seafaring narrator discovers "the wild swan's song / sometimes served for music" (19–20) and "the curlew's cry for the laugher of men"
(20–21). These vibrant and vivid descriptions of the natural world that the narrator discovers in the harsh,

A major source of Anglo–Saxon anxiety was the threat of exile. Exile is to be banished or kicked out of a place or group. Exile can be a punishment
enforced by others, or self–imposed. Exile was considered one of the worst punishments given, the fear of loneliness keeps people in line and this is
why exile was used as a punishment. The fear of exile is included in the lyrics of "The Seafarer", "The Wanderer", and "The Wife's Lament". Each
Anglo–Saxon lyric uses the idea of exile in a way of showing the reasons for and the feelings of the exiled. "The Seafarer" is a song talking about a
sailor who is exiled to sea and later his path to heaven, this example is self–imposed. "The Wanderer" is about a man exiled to a life of loneliness when
all his comrades have been killed in battle, and later realizes it is all apart of life. "The Wife's Lament" is the story of a woman who was exiled to the
woods by her husband and grows hatred towards him the longer she sits in exile. In "The Seafarer", a man is telling the story of his life and ... Show
This is because his kinsmen had lied and said she had been cheating on him. During this time, fathers and husbands had control over the women and
children; so the fact that the husband had exiled her was not surprising. When in the woods the woman speaks of her exile and how being lonely is
depressing and long. She misses her husband at first, speaking of the loss of her husband and her exilement as if it were such a terrible loss. As
being in exile longer and longer, the wife starts to have hatred for her "beloved" husband. Knowing he trusted his kinsman over her upsets her, making
herself more and more mad she starts to hate her husband. She wishes her pain and exile onto him. She wants him to go through what he has put her
through, the loneliness and pain of seclusion. This is an example as to why the Anglo–Saxons were terrified of

The Seafarer
The point of view in Literature is defined as a position or perspective from which something is considered or evaluated. Point of View has a strong
influence on any piece of written work. The Seafarer is an Anglo–Saxon poem, written by an unknown author. The narrator analyzes his life while
exploring the depths of the sea. The Wife's Lament, which is also an Anglo–Saxon poem, is told by the narrator, who is the wife of a man who leaves
his country. These poems exhibit first person point of view, which display the theme of writing during this time period and also allows the reader to
connect with the writer. These poems resemble in the ways that the narration effects the point of view exhibited. In both The Wife's Lament and The
Seafarer, the writer use the need of sympathy to draw the readers in and allow you to connect with the plot. In The Wife's Lament, the narrator
exclaims, "I am able to tell– all the hardships I've suffered since I grew up– but new or old, never worse than now" (2–4). In the Seafarer, he states
"I've often suffered troubled times, heard heartache..." (88–90). These quotes attempt you to see the poem through a... Show more content on
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The author's both desire the reader to see the world through the their point of view. The Wife's Lament sympathetically states, "there are friends on this
earth– lovers who lie in their bed– while I walk alone in the light of dawn– under the oak tree and through this earth–cave" (33–36). Everyone has
experienced a period of loneliness, which allows you to see what the narrator is going through. The Seafarer expresses his desire to travel the world
when he exclaims, "my heart's desire urges my spirit– time and time again to travel– so that I might seek for from here a foreign land" (36–38). Several
individuals also have the desire to travel the world and search for something worth living for. This allows you to connect with the author in this

The Seafarer And The Wanderer
The Anglo–Saxons have a well–known reputation for being mainly blood–thirsty barbarians. With their brutal invasion and eventual takeover of the
Roman provinces in what is now Britain, it is easy to see why many people believe in this stereotype. The Anglo–Saxons, however, are more than just
the blood–thirsty savages that they appear to be. Through writings such as Beowulf, "The Seafarer," and "The Wanderer," the authors display the
characteristics of honor, intelligence, and emotional depth that the Anglo–Saxons greatly valued in their society. The authors of these works exemplify
the honor of the Anglo–Saxons through the actions and thoughts of the characters. In the book Beowulf, Beowulf, a warrior of the Geats, comes to
the aid of King Hrothgar, King of the Danes, when Grendel, a monster born of Cain, terrorizes his kingdom. Although it can mean the end of his life,
the mighty Beowulf task on the task of killing this demon, an impossible deed for most. In another example, Wiglaf, warrior of Beowulf, stays to
help Beowulf as he fights a dragon. This task shows honor because Wiglaf remains and helps Beowulf, even though all of his other comrades flee in ...
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Just as in the real Anglo–Saxon society, in the world of Beowulf, the warriors are loyal to their tribe and their leaders. Wiglaf embodies his loyalty to
Beowulf when he stands and fights with him against the dragon. Beowulf's followers also display their loyalty when they build him a lighthouse–tomb
in ten days as their way of honoring Beowulf. In the poem "The Seafarer," the seafarer displays his waves of emotions as h battles his conflictions of
his love for the sea and his responsibility of his family. In "The Wanderer," the main character shows his emotional depth by displaying his guilt over
his actions that led him to dishonor his tribe. Emotional depth in the Anglo–Saxon society kept them from turning into

The Seafarer Analysis
Excellent Exeter
(Three messages from the Exeter poems) " It's not being dissatisfied with your companion of the moment–your friend or lover or even
spouse"(Shulevitz). In life there are many different types of people, there are people who like to go out and adventure. Or there are people who like
to stay in their hometown and never leave because they get a sense of security. Or there are some people that love to be alone and others who get
lonely quite easy. No matter what type of person you are there is nothing wrong with any of these personalities. It just depends on who you are. In the
Anglo Saxon era there was many poems written about these topics. In the poems, The Exeter Book, there are three crucial messages that can be taken
away. To begin, in the poem, The Seafarer, by Burton Raffle, there is a theme of alienation. In the first poem in the Exeter Book it's about a guy that
feels like he doesn't belong with anyone. He always has the feeling that he doesn't fit in and he is extremely sad. In the poem, The Seafarer, Raffle
suggests, "Alone in a world blown clear of love, hung with icicles" (Line 16–17). This mentions that the guy that is out on the sea is alone, he has
nobody to love and will never have anyone. He doesn't feel like anyone wants him. There will never be love for this seafarer. Younger infers,"Suffering
is a particularly human experience that often brings with it loneliness or alienation from others" (Younger). This shows that people always seem to

Comparing The Wanderer And The Seafarer
One of the most tragic fates that an Anglo–Saxon man or woman could ever have to face is exile. In the Anglo–Saxon poems such as the "The
Wanderer" and the "The Seafarer", the authors experience times of exile while sailing the oceans. They tell tales of men set out at sea, describing their
life lives filled with loneliness and complete desolation. In both poems, the setting of the rough, open seas highlights the theme of exile and plays an
integral role in representing the distance and conflicts between the main characters and society. As they follow paths of suffering and affliction, the
ruthless seas further torment their lives, only adding to their feelings of loneliness and exile.
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Thus said the wanderer mindful of misery
Grievous disasters, and death of kin(3–7)
While he is at sea, the wanderer is met with harsh conditions such as the "wintry seas" and the "icy wave". Also, the tragic loss of the man's king and
comrades has left him "homeless" and "helpless", further adding to the conflicts that he must bear. The cruel waters show no mercy and show up
wherever the man may go:
Then again surges his sorrow upon him;
And grimly he spurs his weary soul
Once more to the toil of the tossing sea. (49–51)
The seas are relentless and as they play a major role in the wanderer's journey, they exist as a representation of his inner feelings of loneliness and
exile. The setting not only acts as a representation, but also as an instigator as it constantly causes the wanderer anguish "surges sorrow upon him"
and "spurs his weary soul". Similarly, "The Seafarer" shows the ocean to be a force that further emphasizes and worsens a man's feelings of
desolation and exile. In "The Seafarer", a man recalls his travels aboard a ship travelling the winter seas and about all the hardships and suffering he
was forced to endure. The first lines of the poem describe how deeply the setting affects the main

The Seafarer Tone
"The Seafarer", an elegiac poem written during the Anglo–Saxon time period, describes a man's travels through the sea. Throughout the first half of the
poem, the narrator maintains a voice of sorrow and anger at the sea and the plight that it has forced upon him. He describes his hunger, his fear, his
sorrow, and many other situations dealt upon him during his time at the sea. With the second half of the poem arrives a shift in the tone of the narrator
as he claims a sense of excitement and hope over the riches of heaven. He explains the limitations of earthly goods and wealth and the eternity that a
man will have in heaven depending on his character while he lived on Earth, expressing the importance of godly values within one's character.... Show
"The Seafarer" uses a change in tone in its second half in order to compare the plight of the world and its suffering and the eternal bliss of heaven.
The tools that the narrator uses so that the reader can interpret the poem are the vague descriptions of the sorrow and fear that the narrator has
found in his world and its comparison to the specificity with which he claims his hopes for heaven and the godly characteristics one must have in
order to make it to that joyful place. Finally, the different associations with images like the sea and the comparison to very specific images that only
declare one association. To the narrator in "The Seafarer", the world is a very confusing, painful, and terrifying place where the material desires, the
temporary items in earthly life, are of the utmost importance to the men who live there. He has a hope for something more, for a place full of joy. He
believes the clarity, the bliss, and the comfort of heaven are so eternal that the material desires are nothing, that they are not important at all. He
believes that one should display godly characteristics in the hope that they have for the eternity. This idea still holds true today in many ways. Many
people have sorrow and anger in this world and frustration with the ideas that mainstream society may hold with importance, but they have the hope
that something better is coming and that is where morality and religion have their

The Wife's Lament And The Seafarer
In the Anglo–Saxon epic poems "The Wife's Lament," "The Wanderer," and "The Seafarer," the authors make their poetry much more interesting and
enjoyable by inserting literary devices that add meaning and cohesiveness to each line. Each poem contains multiple literary devices such as kennings,
caesuras, and imagery. These tools work together in order to add mood and transparency to thepoetry.
"The Wife's Lament," translated by Ann Standford, uses numerous literary devices to convey the pain and emotion of an exiled wife. The author of the
poem uses a metaphor to compare the cave the wife has moved into to an empty hall, "under an oak tree in this den in the earth. / Ancient this earth
hall." (Stanford 28–9). Comparing the cave to an empty hall shows the loneliness and isolation the abandoned wife is feeling. Another device used by
the author in "The Wife's Lament" is juxtaposition. In lines 42–43, the author writes, "May that young man be sad–minded always / hard his heart's
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In the lines 8–9, the author of the poem uses a metaphor to compare icy bands to frozen chains. This creates an image in the readers' minds by
suggesting that the ice around the sailor's feet is holding him down as if it was a chain. The author continues creating a picture in the minds of
readers when he uses a kenning to create a new description for hail: "Frost bound the earth and hail would fall, / The coldest seeds" (Raffel 33). This
kenning serves to provide an alternate view and allude to the freezing weather conditions the narrator faces. Next, the author of "The Seafarer" uses
repetition with the word "so" in lines 40–41 and "no" in lines 44–45. This repetition exaggerates the seafarer's misery by making it seem like he has
wasted opportunity and failed to acquire anything of value in his

'Life Of Love In The Seafarer'
Life of Love
(An analysis of the three messages portrayed by the Exeter poems)
As we go through life there are many questions that you may have. These questions can range from what is life, to what is love. There are many
different answers that can come from these questions. In the Exeter Book there are three different poems. The first poem is The Seafarer, in this
poem the speaker is out at sea. He is in the middle of a storm, and he does not believe that he is going to return home. The next poem is The
Wanderer, here the speaker is now homeless. He was once a great warrior who had lost it all. The final poem is The Wife's Lament, in this poem a wife
is exiled by her husband. She is sent away and told to not come back. The Seafarer, ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
In this poem the speaker is being exiled by her own husband. The man she once loved for some unknown reason was kicking her to the curb. "I had
few loved ones in this land or faithful friends. For this my heart grieves: that I should find the man well matched to me..." (The Wife's Lament, pg. 30,
lines 16–19). Here the wife who is being exiled wishes that she had more people that loved her. It is important that she has people that she loves and that
love her in order for her to keep herself from the fate ahead. Without love she has no one and no support. Love does not have to come from the
opposite sex, but it can be found in friends that are close to us. If we do not have love we feel as though we are outcasts to the world around us.
Love is what ties us into those who mean the most to us. Love is one of the most important feelings we can portray to one

The Seafarer Sparknotes
The Seafarer Analysis We all have questions about our walk of life and even our spiritual path. The poem titled, "The Seafarer" addresses just that,
written by an unknown Anglo–Saxon. The theme of spirituality is threaded throughout this poem. The word, "seafarer" means someone who travels
by sea regularly. The speaker is thinking about a home but the reality is that those thoughts only exist in his mind and that he's out at sea alone. When
he does find himself on land, he is restless and wants to be on the ocean even though that place is one of constant loneliness, dissatisfaction and
hunger. The only solace is, "belonging life / in the love of the Lord." These sentences are talking about a life where we are searching for something.
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Heaven is where we all want to end up in the end so in our spiritual walk, we should strive to reach heaven by following Christian values. In the
poem, the speaker talks about the suffering he has felt within his heart, "[how I] have suffered / grim sorrow at heart." And how all his worries are
also centered there, "hot about my heart." The seafarer is viewing his heart as a place of emotion and thought, much like a mind, "Indeed, now
they are troubled, / the thoughts of my heart." The scriptural link is in the book of Proverbs where we see that Bible references the heart as the
central location of all emotions and will, "Watch over your heart with all diligence, for from it flow the springs of life." The hole in our heart that
can only be filled with God's love is a difficult concept for many to understand. Written around 975 A.D., over 1,000 years have passed since this
script was written and yet, people are still trying to substitute other objects in replace of God's love. The Seafarer is only one work of multiple that has
been written throughout the ages with the goal of trying to answer our questions about our spiritual

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