1. In the poem “The Seafarer”, the Seafarer ends the poem with the word “Amen” which suggests that this poem is prayer. The Seafarer ultimately prays for a life in which he would end up in heaven. The Seafarer had gone through many obstacles that have affected his life physically and mentally. For example, the Seafarer engrosses in an obstacle in which he journeys across a winter landscape and entitles himself to psychological land of anguish and torment. However, as the poem continues, the Seafarer prays to God in hope that God will guarantee a life in heaven for him. A quote that exemplifies this action of the Seafarer is “Then strive for sure…the hope of heaven” (25,199-123), and the quote explains that the Seafarer lived a life in turmoil
