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    The Seafarer

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    Clare Ms. McIntyre British Literature Tuesday‚ September 25‚ 12 The Seafarer Each struggles with the storms of life. The long nights fighting the icy cold seas. Ideas fill minds with despair and doubt. Some struggle with the knowledge of coming danger‚ others with the fear of not knowing. “The Seafarer” is an elegy that compares the sea to the fear of everyman‚ of every struggle and hardship. However‚ contained in this elegy is also the answer to these fears. The author depicts the value that

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    troubling lives of different characters. Somewhere throughout each poem‚ the authors create beauty out of a painful experience. Each of these elegies portrays a theme of exile‚ which causes us to feel to a certain extent of each character’s lament. In “The Seafarer”‚ the subject being lamented is him being at sea by himself‚ alone in the middle of nowhere. In this elegy‚ it seemed as if he was lost within in sea and also lost within himself‚ of what he truly feels. For example he says‚ “The sea took me

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    The Seafarer

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    Stepping Into a New World in The Seafarer The Seafarer translated by Burton Raffel is a tale used with many allegories‚ symbolizing the sea as something bigger and more important. In the poem the narrator feels trapped stating‚”Alone in a world blown clear of love‚ hung with icicles‚ the hailstorms flew‚ the only sound was the roaring sea‚ the freezing waves”(Raffel‚ 16-19). In the phrases‚ the sailor understands that he’s all alone with no one to help him with living on the oceans‚ feeling he has

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    The Seafarer Exile

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    contain‚ but as seen in poems such as “The Seafarer”‚ “The Wanderer”‚ and “The Wife’s Lament”‚ exile is one of the most prominent elements. Anglo-Saxons wrote about exile because it was something they all feared. They were terrified of the thought of being left alone‚ or being kicked out of their own home. Anglo-Saxons placed a tremendous amount of emphasis on a sense of belonging‚ which is why exile was such a threat to them. In the poems “The Seafarer”‚ “The Wanderer”‚ and “The Wife’s Lament”‚

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    The Seafarer Exile

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    In both poems‚ the characters have been exiled. “The Seafarer” was living life on the sea by choice because he felt as though it was meant for him to do so despite the consequences that came with being at sea full time “Drifting through winter on an ice-cold sea”. The wanderer was a lost soul following the death of his lord “When the dark earth covered my dear lord’s face”. At this point he is speaking on the aftermath of losing his lord which led to him being lost looking for someone else to fill

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    Elegy In Beowulf

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    Who I Aspire To Be (An Elegy of Great Aunt Norma Dell) As we grow older we learn many things from day to day. We learn from experience that life has to end. Remembering someone who has died is very important‚ however. A great way to keep these memories close is to write an elegy about the loved one who has passed. This tradition can be traced back many years‚ even to the times when the Western Roman Empire fell to Germanic tribes in the fifth century A.D. and the age of the Anglo-Saxon civilization

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    Filipino Seafarers

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    ADDRESS: http://www.scribd.com/doc/25384981/Magna-Carta-for-Filipino-Seafarers-Draft DATE: MAGNA CARTA FOR FILIPINO SEAFARERS   INTRODUCTION One of the most expected outputs of the Filipino Seafarers National Convention (FSNC) is to draft a Magna Carta for Filipino Seafarers to consolidate the seemingly disordered laws relevant to seafarers as well as to enhance the rights‚ benefits and privileges accorded to Filipino seafarers. In view of that objective‚ a drafting sub-committee was established

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    Response To Elegy

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    Response Essay 1: Annotation of a Poem Poem: Elegy by Chidiock Tichborne Four Items: 1. The time period which it was written 2. Tichborne died the year it was written 3. The commas that create a pause within each line 4. The title Words for Annotation: 1. “prime” – the peak of quality at a certain time Prime is used as a point in Tichborne’s life that is supposed to be fun and adventurous when it seems to only be a “frost of cares”. 2. “tares” – a poisonous plant used in the Bible that

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    The Seafarer & the Wanderer Short AnswerThe poem we know as "The Seafarer" doesn’t actually have a title in its manuscript. Its title was given to it by later editors of the poem. What do you think of this title? What would you name this poem if you were the editor in charge? I think its okay‚ but a little misleading because it’s more about a longing for home than life at sea. I would probably name it The Longing‚ because of the narrator’s constant longing for his home. Why is the speaker

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    The Wanderer and The Seafarer are both poems centered around loneliness and exile. The Wanderer tells a story of a past warrior and of his past experiences with his fellow warrior men and also of his lord. Forced into exile by fate he now roams the sea troubled by memories of feasts with his lord and comrades. The Seafarer is a poem told from the point of view of an old seaman who is describing how hard life was at sea compared to life on land. As the poem progresses‚ the speaker begins to explain

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