Exeter

The Exeter Book is a collection of Anglo-Saxon poems that were put into a book. They are a group of poems that were written by Vikings a long time ago about their experiences. Many of their experiences were out on the ocean considering they would be away from home for around five years at a time while they were trying to capture a territory. Some of the wives would write poems about what it was like while their husband and a large amount of their male population was away for five years, and the sorrows and troubles that they faced in that span of time. These poems are meant to be read as metaphors or symbols that mean and stand for something a lot bigger than what their specifically talking about. Personally, I believe that three messages from Exeter book would be suffering, when you’re suffering other people don’t always understand, and that we take things for granted until we lose them.…

It was a breezy Sunday in Santa Monica, Hollywood. Lawrence Exeter and his wife were buying clothes for their soon to be son at Goosie Gander Baby Shoppe. “I don’t understand why our son needs to dress like this,” exclaimed Mrs. Exeter as she held up a navy blue button up shirt. “I told you already he needs to follow in my footsteps, the key to success is about how you dress!” replied Lawrence, a very successful businessman. Lawrence grabbed the shirt out of his wife's hands and walked up…

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…

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Located in a picturesque city in England’s South West, Exeter University is one of the leading lights amongst the Russel Group university’s and home to some 15,000 undergraduate students. Whilst on the surface it appears serene and middle class, on the street there is a real buzz about the place, particularly in term time. It’s a fantastic place to study and consistently ranks amongst the top 10 universities for student satisfaction in the UK. Now, heading off to university is an exciting time…

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The Exeter Book, an ancient Anglo-Saxon manuscript, remained intact through years of disregard and disdain. This composition contained several unauthored poems written in Old English that were completed in about A.D. 950 (Allen et. al, eds. 102). Three of these translated Anglo-Saxon poems incorporate remarkably comparable material. These poems demonstrate the difficulty of life at sea from multiple points of view. In "The Seafarer," "The Wanderer," and "The Wife's Lament," Anglo-Saxon poets…

I never thought I could be this excited about an air-conditioner, let alone see it as a thing of beauty. But this aircon? This was different. I’d made it myself. What makes a summer at Phillips Exeter Academy special is the energy and excitement around learning… but man it was so hot! My first invention was a wind tunnel crafted from the finest bed sheets, laundry poles and masking tape - completely useless in the face of 30 degree heat and humidity. It was a problem I wanted to fix. When my…

These three Anglo Saxon works represent different views of Old English literature. All of these poems are an expression of sorrow over a loss or death. Some of the similarities and differences of these three works are found in the subject, mood, imagery, and theme. In subject matter, there are many similarities and differences. Each one of these poems is told from a different perspective, and provides a different view of the Anglo-Saxon life. These three works tell about a lonely man at sea, a…

Anglo-Saxon literature was centered around one common theme, exile. The exile in literature is often about the banning of a person from a place. Most writers in this time period wrote an elegy for the things they miss from their time before their exiled. Some writers were forced into exile by others for political reasons while others fled for their own safety. As seen in “The Seafarer”, “The Wanderer”, and “The Wife’s Lament” exile was a major anxiety in Anglo-Saxon literature as the threat…