In both “The Wanderer” and “The Seafarer”, the idea of one day achieving heaven soothes the feeling of loneliness in the physical world with one of comfort.
The subjects’ description of setting and the expression of his thoughts in both “The Wanderer” and “The Seafarer” hints that the subject feels lonely in the physical world. In “The Wanderer”, the Wanderer uses his setting to convey this mood, describing his surroundings as, “grey stretches of tossing sea” and “hail storms darken and driving snow” (W). The color gray along with the harsh environment paints a somber picture of desolation which is interpreted as loneliness. The description of the Wanderer’s surroundings is then followed by “Bitterer then is the bane of his wretchedness, /
The subjects’ description of setting and the expression of his thoughts in both “The Wanderer” and “The Seafarer” hints that the subject feels lonely in the physical world. In “The Wanderer”, the Wanderer uses his setting to convey this mood, describing his surroundings as, “grey stretches of tossing sea” and “hail storms darken and driving snow” (W). The color gray along with the harsh environment paints a somber picture of desolation which is interpreted as loneliness. The description of the Wanderer’s surroundings is then followed by “Bitterer then is the bane of his wretchedness, /