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“The Seafarer”

“The Seafarer”. Anglo-Saxon Poetry. Background Information. From the Exeter Book An elegy : a poem mourning the loss of someone or something Mixture of pagan and Christian beliefs. Author’s Craft. Contains several poetic devices: caesuras, kennings, alliterations Comprised of 2 parts

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“The Seafarer”

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  1. “The Seafarer” Anglo-Saxon Poetry

  2. Background Information • From the Exeter Book • An elegy: a poem mourning the loss of someone or something • Mixture of pagan and Christian beliefs

  3. Author’s Craft • Contains several poetic devices: caesuras, kennings, alliterations • Comprised of 2 parts • Part 1 (lines 1-64) • elegiac (mourning) • description of personal suffering and mysterious attraction of sea

  4. Author’s Craft • Part 2 (lines 65-126) • didactic (moral advice) • abrupt shift to moral advice about fleeting nature of • fame • fortune • life itself • forget earthly accomplishments and anticipate God’s judgment

  5. Contrasting Ideas/Beliefs

  6. “The Seafarer” can be considered… • A conversation between a youth and an adult • An allegory: • life as a journey • the human condition as exile from God (on the sea of life)

  7. 1st Two Lines, Old English Maeg ic be me selfum sop-giedd wrecan, Sioas secagn, hu ic gesqinc-dagum

  8. The Wife’s Lament • Read the poem aloud to discover how the speaker came to live in exile and how she survives. • Define any unknown words or phrases. • What is the poem about? • Determine the tone/mood. • Determine who is speaking. • Determine the setting. • Determine the inciting incident (What happened between the speaker and her husband?). • Determine what the wife is mourning and her reasons for mourning. • To the right of the each stanza, re-write the poem in your own words. • Identify at least two examples of: • Alliteration • Kenning • Caesura • Identify the characteristics of Anglo-Saxon society that are revealed in this poem (be sure to identify specific lines!). • Identify and write the poem’s theme as a complete statement.

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