The two poems, “The Seafarer” and “The Wanderer” have many similarities. Both poems are about a tremendous journey to find their place in heaven. “The Seafarer” and “The Wanderer” have their hardships and they have loneliness and sorrow throughout their journeys. The poems both use words like “icy” and “wintry,” which shown how hard the journey was. The Wanderer is forced to wander on the journey to heaven while The Seafarer choose to go on a journey. The Wanderer was forced to go on the journey because the whole kingdom and everyone he knows died. The Wanderer seeks for mercy from god in return god gives forgiveness. The Wanderer was push exile because he was on land and seeing how his other fellow friends that died. While, The Seafarer
