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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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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Jay Smith Mr. Tonnies British Literature P.1 September 11th‚ 2012 A Comparison and Contrast of the Wanderer and the Seafarer Two different men‚ in Anglo-Saxon time‚ traveling‚ wandering the earth. One‚ hoping he was with family‚ wishing death would come to him and the other‚ enjoying the feeling of being alone‚ free from society. In the poems‚ The Wanderer and The Seafarer‚ both men begin without Christianity and as the poem comes to a close‚ they both find God and learn why it is important
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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 Seafarer Analysis paper “The Seafarer” is a lyric poem that shows a man isolated at sea. He feels lonely and trapped because he doesn’t experience life outside the sea. The meaning expressed in this poem is that if someone loves something‚ they will always find their way back to it no matter how hard it gets. It explains a strong relationship between a man and an unpredictable sea. But the man does nothing to revise it‚ so he lives through suffering‚ sorrow and pain‚ but is always brought
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“Why do we love the sea? It is because it has some potent power to make us think things we like to think.” Robert Henri statement not only applies to himself but it also explains many other human’s feelings towards the ocean. This passion is significant in “The Seafarer” by an anonymous Anglo-Saxon scop. “The Seafarer” intertwines the positives and negatives of a life at sea. The story goes through the sacrificial day to day life of a sailor. The voyages cause many controversial scenarios in
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his people dying. With his kinsman and his lord dead‚ he has nowhere to go‚ and nobody to go to. He spends his time drifting‚ lamenting over his past while in search of a new lord. The Seafarer also exhibits similar traits in which the main character is led by his own curiosity to continue his lone venture on the sea. In the Wife’s Lament‚ the main character is exiled by her own lack of friends. She laments over her loneliness‚ but does not
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Analysis of the poem “Sea Fever” by John Masefield The poem is about a person whose intense desire is to return to the sea. The person or the speaker has been to the sea before and the repetition of the line “I must go down to the seas again” in every stanza‚ brings out the speaker’s longing to experience sea life again. The speaker wants only a star to guide his tall ship‚ with the sails moving to the wind thereby wishing for a solitary life‚ with only nature taking control in directing him. “And
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“The Seafarer”‚ translated by Burton Raffel‚ who was from Anglo-Saxon‚ contains many references to both Paganism and Christianity. Paganism follows older‚ more traditional beliefs of fate and has a grim outlook on the world‚ while Christianity has a more positive outlook. During the sixth century‚ Christian monks wrote the poem "The Seafarer"‚ right before Christianity gained dominance in Britain. It was essentially used as propaganda in order to convince Pagans that they could practice both Paganism
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A kenning is a two-word poetic renaming of a person‚ place‚ or thing; much like a metaphor. Scops used kennings often to add a sense of allure to the story and to give themselves a chance to remember the succeeding events in the story. In The Seafarer‚ in line thirty-three‚ hail is referred to as “The coldest seeds.” This kenning was used not only to emphasize how horridly cold the hail was‚ but also to give the listeners something to contemplate while the scop took a moment to recollect the
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