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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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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Gavin Roussel February 11‚ 2014 Art Survey Mr. Sowell Press Pause Play The democratization of technology is truly transforming the way we take a look at things. When the first computer was invented in February of 1946‚ who would have known how innovated it would have come to be. We live in an age where it is close to impossible to put your phone down. The revolution of technology is at the peak and is constantly getting better. By the end of 2014 there will be eye glasses that make it easier
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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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In both of these poems the protagonists are in a position where they are in a position where they have to be alone. Additionally‚ the two poems share a common mindset‚ tone‚ and progression. For example in The Wanderer the protagonist speaks about a time when he was happy in the past but is no longer in a point of time where he is happy (lines 19-44). Similarly‚ in The Wife’s Lament the protagonist speaks of a time when she loved her husband (lines
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In reading The Wanderer‚ one is also immediately struck by the poignancy and lingering anguish underlying the text as it adopts a somewhat elegiac dolefulness in addressing some of the most common themes in Old English poetry - the flow of time and the transience of earthly beings‚ the agonizing grief of exile in a place of tragic impermanence‚ and the harshness of longing and disconnection. But amongst the many metaphorical representations‚ the imagery of the mead-hall seems most imperative to the
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The painting I decided to do critiques on is the Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog by the best-known Gothic Romantic Caspar David Friedrich. This artwork was created in 1818 in Hamburg‚ Germany. This landscape is currently displayed at Hamburger Kunsthalle who is as well the owner. This artwork is done on a canvas and the medium is oil. In the painting‚ we can see there is a masculine figure (possibly be the painter) having his back to the painting‚ on top of a mountain or cliff‚ and looking downwards
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The Comparison of the Wanderer and the Seafarer The Wanderer and The Seafarer belong to elegies‚ which are ´the most subjective and emotional part of Anglo-Saxon poetry being otherwise much restrained in real feeling and emotion´ . The word elegy is derived from ´the Greek elegos meaning funeral song´ and like all elegies both poems are full of melancholy‚ mournful mood. The influence of christianity‚ which penetrated into Anglo-Saxon society in the sixth and seventh century‚ is evident in both
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Similarities of The Wanderer and Beowulf These two stories are of warriors who find their own paths in life. In Beowulf‚ he experiences the ups of war‚ and the Wanderer experiences the downs. The theme of these two poems are closely related that it would make sense that the authors could have known each other’s stories and were writing them to have similar structure and purpose. The three major comparisons that I mostly captured from both poems are exile‚ abandoned mead-halls‚ and the ending
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Jessica Hoyt ENG 297 Professor Felsen The Elegiac Quality of The Wanderer and The Seafarer When interpreting the inherent relevance/meaning of the two elegy poems The Wanderer and The Seafarer it is especially important to take note of the context in which they were written. For example‚ if a literal approach were utilized when analyzing these two poems it would have a considerably negative impact on the perceived intrinsic meaning conveyed by the text. It is thus crucial not only to consider the
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