Exeter Book
Before we get into the poems that consist in the Exeter book, let’s discuss about what the Exeter book is. To start off, it is an anthology. An anthology is a collection of different writings by different authors, like our literature book (hymnal as Mr. McGee calls it). This is the Anglo-Saxon Anthology of poetry. There are three poems in this Exeter book, consisting of The Seafarer, The Wanderer, and The Wife’s Lament. These poems are dramatic monologues, which means there is only one speaker and he/she is talking to someone. Interesting fact, in Anglo-Saxon time period women didn’t have any power, but in this Exeter book one of the poems has a female speaker. With that said, that is one thing which makes the Exeter book …show more content…
Exile means that he is forbidden to return. This speaker is about a man who has lost his king and he set out to find a new what which will suit his needs. “Lonely and wretched I wailed my woe. No man is living, no comrade left,” He didn’t only lose a king, but he feels as if he has lost a friend. This speaker has no one for himself, no one to pour his heart out to. This wanderer believes that there is nothing worse than when your friends are gone, because you have no one to talk about your feelings to. He falls asleep and has a dream where he is feeling better until he wakes up and realizes he is still alone, just the sea and himself. This man is going through an experience and lots of experience is how you gain wisdom. School is like an experience, you learn what you must do, what not to do, how to pass, what you are going to do in the future, etc. That experience is increases your own wisdom. The wanderer learns that life is dealing with the fact that you are going to go through miserable things, you need to learn from those miserable things, those complications. A wise man is patient and he ponders or thinks, he will find a king to serve once he become wise and gains wisdom. He will also learn how to help himself until he can help another. I understand why he is upset though, and his life feels like it’s taken a wretched turn, but that’s because he’s lost …show more content…
The Wife’s Lament tells us about a woman who lost her man, who was supposed to marry her. Not so lost or withdrawn though, but more like he left. She is sad, just like The Seafarer and The Wanderer, but can you blame her? She has been exiled by her husband, because in this time period (Anglo-Saxon time period) what is a women without a man? She is of course homeless, besides the tree which she has adopted as her sleeping ground, and she has no friends because they think something’s wrong with her. I can understand why she is upset, she has a life which is also wretched. “My man’s kinsmen began to plot by darkened though to divide us two so we most widely in the world’s kingdom lived wretchedly and I suffered longing” She lived unhappy because of his friends so the wife suffered for a long time. She wonders how something can start out so amazing, outstanding, and then have it crumble through her grasp. She didn’t realize he was the wrong guy until he left, so she feels betrayed. She loves him, but for what he has done to her, she wishes him a life of a “ruined
Before we get into the poems that consist in the Exeter book, let’s discuss about what the Exeter book is. To start off, it is an anthology. An anthology is a collection of different writings by different authors, like our literature book (hymnal as Mr. McGee calls it). This is the Anglo-Saxon Anthology of poetry. There are three poems in this Exeter book, consisting of The Seafarer, The Wanderer, and The Wife’s Lament. These poems are dramatic monologues, which means there is only one speaker and he/she is talking to someone. Interesting fact, in Anglo-Saxon time period women didn’t have any power, but in this Exeter book one of the poems has a female speaker. With that said, that is one thing which makes the Exeter book …show more content…
Exile means that he is forbidden to return. This speaker is about a man who has lost his king and he set out to find a new what which will suit his needs. “Lonely and wretched I wailed my woe. No man is living, no comrade left,” He didn’t only lose a king, but he feels as if he has lost a friend. This speaker has no one for himself, no one to pour his heart out to. This wanderer believes that there is nothing worse than when your friends are gone, because you have no one to talk about your feelings to. He falls asleep and has a dream where he is feeling better until he wakes up and realizes he is still alone, just the sea and himself. This man is going through an experience and lots of experience is how you gain wisdom. School is like an experience, you learn what you must do, what not to do, how to pass, what you are going to do in the future, etc. That experience is increases your own wisdom. The wanderer learns that life is dealing with the fact that you are going to go through miserable things, you need to learn from those miserable things, those complications. A wise man is patient and he ponders or thinks, he will find a king to serve once he become wise and gains wisdom. He will also learn how to help himself until he can help another. I understand why he is upset though, and his life feels like it’s taken a wretched turn, but that’s because he’s lost …show more content…
The Wife’s Lament tells us about a woman who lost her man, who was supposed to marry her. Not so lost or withdrawn though, but more like he left. She is sad, just like The Seafarer and The Wanderer, but can you blame her? She has been exiled by her husband, because in this time period (Anglo-Saxon time period) what is a women without a man? She is of course homeless, besides the tree which she has adopted as her sleeping ground, and she has no friends because they think something’s wrong with her. I can understand why she is upset, she has a life which is also wretched. “My man’s kinsmen began to plot by darkened though to divide us two so we most widely in the world’s kingdom lived wretchedly and I suffered longing” She lived unhappy because of his friends so the wife suffered for a long time. She wonders how something can start out so amazing, outstanding, and then have it crumble through her grasp. She didn’t realize he was the wrong guy until he left, so she feels betrayed. She loves him, but for what he has done to her, she wishes him a life of a “ruined