Three Themes of, “Seafarer,” “Wanderer,” and “Wife’s Lament”
(An Understanding of the Themes in the poems, “Seafarer,” Wanderer,” and “Wife’s Lament.”)
Anglo-Saxon people surrounded themselves with honor and bravery, and never with disgrace and fear. Fear is something that is seen in many different ways, such as the fear of an object, the dread that comes from within the body, and the fear that comes from being alone. In the poem of, “The Seafarer,” the man describes the fear of being alone, and that fear is natural to all humans. On a different note, the fact of friends pledging their life to one another is asinine. Secondly, in the poem of, “The Wanderer,” he explicates the loss of his friends, and how friends come and go. Lastly, in the poem of, “The Wife’s Lament,” it is described how love is destructive to a person who has given all of their love to the wrong person. Within the three poems, “Seafarer,” “Wanderer,” and “Wife’s Lament,” there are three major themes.
First off, within, “The Seafarer,” it is described how their …show more content…
Love is something not to be taken lightly, and as exemplified by the woman in the poem, her man took her love too lightheartedly. She describes how the love in her heart was too great to be wasted, and how much she loved and wanted the man she married. It turned out that the man did not wish the same, for he left her. She becomes an exile for there is none to take care of her, and she finds herself brooding upon her love for the man who left. Her love turns into bitterness, and then to hate. She wishes loneliness and pain upon him for hurting her as he did. This shows, how the love she gave, the love of her whole heart, was taken advantage of by a man who did not care, and in turn, her love became destructive to both her physical health, and her mental
(An Understanding of the Themes in the poems, “Seafarer,” Wanderer,” and “Wife’s Lament.”)
Anglo-Saxon people surrounded themselves with honor and bravery, and never with disgrace and fear. Fear is something that is seen in many different ways, such as the fear of an object, the dread that comes from within the body, and the fear that comes from being alone. In the poem of, “The Seafarer,” the man describes the fear of being alone, and that fear is natural to all humans. On a different note, the fact of friends pledging their life to one another is asinine. Secondly, in the poem of, “The Wanderer,” he explicates the loss of his friends, and how friends come and go. Lastly, in the poem of, “The Wife’s Lament,” it is described how love is destructive to a person who has given all of their love to the wrong person. Within the three poems, “Seafarer,” “Wanderer,” and “Wife’s Lament,” there are three major themes.
First off, within, “The Seafarer,” it is described how their …show more content…
Love is something not to be taken lightly, and as exemplified by the woman in the poem, her man took her love too lightheartedly. She describes how the love in her heart was too great to be wasted, and how much she loved and wanted the man she married. It turned out that the man did not wish the same, for he left her. She becomes an exile for there is none to take care of her, and she finds herself brooding upon her love for the man who left. Her love turns into bitterness, and then to hate. She wishes loneliness and pain upon him for hurting her as he did. This shows, how the love she gave, the love of her whole heart, was taken advantage of by a man who did not care, and in turn, her love became destructive to both her physical health, and her mental