“The Wife’s Lament” “The Wife’s Lament,” by an anonymous Anglo-Saxon Scop, main focus is deep emotion and adventures. The depth of this elegy reveals the depression and strength this person is feeling throughout the elegy. Therefore, she wonders why the kinsmen took away her husband, leading her in need to search for him. The first section shows the depth of “sorrow” (1) and “pain” (5) from losing her one true love. The wife expresses how depressed she is. She is left in confusion, on why her husband is gone. Compared to Anglo-Saxon, women never knew what was going on when their husbands left. Furthermore, the wife wanted to leave on a mission, which is unusual to Anglo-Saxon woman to do. However, leading into the second section: the wife begins to realize that she is “friendless” (10). She is left in the “dark”(7) throughout this tragedy. She keeps wondering why did the kinsmen did this to her. Why would they take away her husband like that, all because they didn’t like her? It has even crossed her mind that they had planned this. That they wanted her to be left alone, that she deserves it.
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During the set off, she begins to worry about the “trouble” (42) that he could
of gotten into. Therefore, in Anglo-Saxon woman were left clueless about their husbands where about, keeping them in the dark no matter
During the set off, she begins to worry about the “trouble” (42) that he could
of gotten into. Therefore, in Anglo-Saxon woman were left clueless about their husbands where about, keeping them in the dark no matter