The Seaferer and the wife's lament (poems )
Kathiusca Parris
Ms. Maynard.
January 20, 2014
The Seafarer & The wife's lament
Mother Teresa said, “The most terrible poverty is loneliness and the feeling of being unloved”. I agree because in “The Wife's Lament” we learn that the speaker is feeling both unloved and lonely. In “The Seafarer” the speaker demonstrates his love for the sea, but in reality he is alone because he does not have anyone around him. We learn that loneliness is a common emotion that speaker feels in “The Wife's Lament” and “The Seafarer”.
These two poems are very similar although we can say that they are in different scenarios because in “The Wife's Lament” she is married and is very in love with her husband. however in “The Seafarer” feels that he do not need any woman to be happy because he is totally in love with the ocean. In “The Wife's Lament” we can see a sad women in love with her husband who rejects her.(line: 15). She does not wanted live in exile, but she did it because her lord commanded her, She was force to go away and stay in exile away from the love of her life.
In line 38 the speaker saysHowever, in "The Seafarer" also is exile but it is because he wants to sail for his lord, no one forced him, no one banished him. He makes his own decision, although he does not have friends anymore.(line:16, 18).
Secondly, In these two poems there is love but in different ways. In "The Seafarer " he loves the sea because, he always is on the sea. He does not need a women to be happy. He just wants to be in the sea and lives around water and whales. (line: 44-47). These characters live the same situation but with different circumstances, "The wife's lament", is that she is in love (line: 40-41, 42-43) with her husband but her life circumstances is not matched with the same love.
Third, in both poems the speaker suffers. In "The seafarer" the speakers suffer "... frozen chains and hardship groaned around his heart, hunger, fear and pain" (line 3, 10, and 11).
Ms. Maynard.
January 20, 2014
The Seafarer & The wife's lament
Mother Teresa said, “The most terrible poverty is loneliness and the feeling of being unloved”. I agree because in “The Wife's Lament” we learn that the speaker is feeling both unloved and lonely. In “The Seafarer” the speaker demonstrates his love for the sea, but in reality he is alone because he does not have anyone around him. We learn that loneliness is a common emotion that speaker feels in “The Wife's Lament” and “The Seafarer”.
These two poems are very similar although we can say that they are in different scenarios because in “The Wife's Lament” she is married and is very in love with her husband. however in “The Seafarer” feels that he do not need any woman to be happy because he is totally in love with the ocean. In “The Wife's Lament” we can see a sad women in love with her husband who rejects her.(line: 15). She does not wanted live in exile, but she did it because her lord commanded her, She was force to go away and stay in exile away from the love of her life.
In line 38 the speaker saysHowever, in "The Seafarer" also is exile but it is because he wants to sail for his lord, no one forced him, no one banished him. He makes his own decision, although he does not have friends anymore.(line:16, 18).
Secondly, In these two poems there is love but in different ways. In "The Seafarer " he loves the sea because, he always is on the sea. He does not need a women to be happy. He just wants to be in the sea and lives around water and whales. (line: 44-47). These characters live the same situation but with different circumstances, "The wife's lament", is that she is in love (line: 40-41, 42-43) with her husband but her life circumstances is not matched with the same love.
Third, in both poems the speaker suffers. In "The seafarer" the speakers suffer "... frozen chains and hardship groaned around his heart, hunger, fear and pain" (line 3, 10, and 11).