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The Wanderer. translated by Charles W. Kennedy. Oft to the wanderer, weary of exile, Cometh God‟s pity, compassionate love, Though woefully toiling on wintry seas With churning oar in the icy wave, 5 Homeless and helpless he fled from fate. Thus saith the wanderer mindful of misery, Grievous disasters, and death of kin:
Setting. Just close your eyes, and imagine yourself by the sea. OK, now imagine that it's stormy and cold. Icy rain pelts down, drenching you to the bone. The only thing you see are crashing waves, and sea-...
Mar 11, 2018 · The Wanderer is an anonymous Anglo-Saxon poem, ostensibly written in a narrative form, surviving in the 10th Century Exeter Book. Reflecting upon the condition of the poet and his world, The...
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The Wanderer Trans. Charles W. Kennedy Oft to the wanderer, weary of exile, Cometh God's pity, compassionate love, Though woefully toiling on wintry seas With churning oar in the icy wave, Homeless and helpless he fled from fate. Thus saith the wanderer mindful of misery, Grievous disasters, and death of kin:
The first. five lines set the theme by contrasting God's mercy and the inexorability of Fate. The wanderer's monologue (8-62a) illus trates the latter by showing how man and his joys are at the mercy of fate so that not even the most steadfast self-control. can keep the heart from darkening in sorrow. The 'bridge'.
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in The Wanderer, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work. The Passage of Time The Wanderer makes its readers think about what “time” really is—if it exists “out there” in the world, or if it’s just something we make up in our heads.
The Wanderer is usually identified as an elegy (Timmer 1942), but other genres have been proposed: planctus (Woolf 1975), consolatio (Cross 1961) and wisdom poetry (Shippey 1994). Of the Latin genres, consolatio is the most relevant (and Cross's article is a very worthwhile read), but the poem's most marked affiliations are with Old English ...
