What Is The Tone Of The Seafarer

“The Seafarer” contains something that is very particular to it. After analyzing various parts and components of the poem I came to the conclusion that it has two authors; the one that came up with the story and the monk that wrote down the story and added a little Christian reflection in the second part. In line 65, we can definitely notice a drastic change in style and in the context. Both parts seem to be two different pieces, which they are. All the Anglo-Saxon poems used to be passed down orally, until it was decided that they should be written down in case people would forget. During this time, the only people who were able to write were monks. I believe that the monk who wrote down this poem decided to add something of his own: a reflection (Lines 117 through 123: Our thoughts should turn to where our home is, / Consider the ways of coming there, / Then strive for sure permission for us / To rise to eternal joy, / That life born in the love of God / And the hope of Heaven.”).
At the beginning, the speaker is whining about life at sea and how dreadful it is but he still loves it and he keeps going back (Lines 25-30: “No kinsman could offer comfort there, / To a soul left drowning in desolation. / And who could believe, knowing but / The passion of cities, swelled proud with wine / And no taste of misfortune, how often, how wearily, / I put myself back on the path of the sea”) and in the second part it suddenly becomes a reflection about material things and how everything stays here and nothing comes with us to the afterlife (Lines 66 and 67: “The wealth / Of the world neither reaches Heaven nor remains”). Some could argue that the poem is like that and that there is no change in speaker, but that wouldn’t make sense since during the time that the author of “The Seafarer” came up with the poem Christianity was not very popular. Only a monk could have written the second part of the