1) The seafarer is a melancholic poem, which shows two opposite sides.
On a side we have an old sailor who tells the hardships to be faced on the sea. He gives warnings to the youth. The old sailor represents the sea; he says that the sea is a place of isolation and insecurity. He shows his melancholy, his homesickness.
On the other hand we have the youth that represents the enthusiasm for new adventure, it wants to know new countries. It doesn't wish to stay on land, because for it the land only brings death, nor life, life for it is voyage through the sea. .
2) To what aspects of Anglo-Saxon life do the following phrases refers:.
"The mirth of the mead hall."(Line 23).
In this sentence is described the feasts that happened on the mead hall when the warriors didn't fight. .
" so dear to his lord."(Line 41).
In this phrase is described the relationship between the king and his warriors. The relationship was father to son.
" harping he needs not."(Line 44) .
In this sentence is showed that the warriors sang and played in feasts when didn't fight.
3) What different seasons of the year are described? Relate the contrast between the seasons to the conflict of opinion between the old sailor and the young man. Could these conflicts be within the mind of a single person? Discuss. .
-We have two seasons being described: winter and summer.
-The winter represents the feelings of the old sailor, that are, loneliness, exile, sadness, insecurity; while the summer represents the feelings of young man, that are, desire for adventure, escape of land, desire to know new countries, hope.
-These conflicts could be and they are in many people. Many people suffer with these kinds of feelings. The feelings of the old sailor are common of old age: insecurity, fear of death, loneliness; they are within the mind of an old man. The feelings of the youth are present within the mind of an young man.
The Anglo-Saxon poem "The Seafarer" translated by Burton Raffel narrates a man's physical journey to the sea and also his spiritual journey. The poem is told in two distinctly different voices. ... The first speaker's voice is one of hopelessness throughout the entire poem. ... The differences between the two speakers in "The Seafarer" are obvious in their tones and outlooks. ...
To better understand the famous Anglo-Saxon elegy, The Seafarer, you must have knowledge of the time period that it was written. ... For example in the Seafarer it states, "But there isn't a man on earth so proud, so born to greatness, so bold with his youth, grown so brave, or so graced by God, that he feels no fear as the sails unfurl, wondering what Fate has willed and will do.... Throughout the poem the main character is complaining about the isolation, despair, and hardship of the sea life. ... The speaker in the famous elegy, The Seafarer, portrays this religious adaption in th...
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'"'The Seafarer'"', another anonymous work, also tells us what these people valued. '"'THE SEAFARER'"', is a heroic epic in which a man goes out of his way for some adventure. ... The Seafarer is one Man's struggle to be true to his conscience. ... The sea is where the Seafarer feels at home. ... Seafarer knows that heaven awaits him after death. ...
In Shelley's poem "Ode to the West Wind," the wind is the force that has all the power. ... Throughout the poem, the speaker seems to love nature and enjoyed being out in it. ... In conclusion, these two poems are similar but yet different in many ways. ... Both poems make reference to this. ... In both poems, he is completely in awe of the power of nature. ...
As a reference, "The Seafarer" and "Beowulf" are very representative of Pagan or Christian peoples. ... "The Seafarer" transmits both Paganism and Christianity, combining them: "Fate is stronger and God mightier than any man's mind." ... Paganism in the Anglo-Saxon period can be easily represented with the lyric poem "The Seafarer". ...
An epic is a long narrative poem that celebrates a heroes deeds. Some examples of an epic would be The Odyssey by the Greeks and The Aneid by the Romans. However the most popular epic would be Beowulf which was written by the Anglo Saxons who lived in England of the year 449. The Anglo Saxons also...
