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“The Seafarer”

“The Seafarer”. Anglo-Saxon Lyric Sailor’s POV Isolation Theme – longing for land and sea Home – ultimately the sea. Diction . Lord – master and “man in charge” Gannet – large, web-footed sea-bird. “The Wife’s Lament”. Lyric (at times narrative) Wife’s POV Theme of love torn apart

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“The Seafarer”

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  1. “The Seafarer” • Anglo-Saxon • Lyric • Sailor’s POV • Isolation Theme – longing for land and sea • Home – ultimately the sea

  2. Diction • Lord – master and “man in charge” • Gannet – large, web-footed sea-bird

  3. “The Wife’s Lament” • Lyric (at times narrative) • Wife’s POV • Theme of love torn apart • Husband may have killed wife?

  4. Diction • Aphorism – a short saying offering some kind of advice or lesson • Earth Cave – known as a grave

  5. “Wulf and Eadwacer” • Anglo-Saxon • Lyric • Unknown Female POV • Wulf – the love of the speaker • Eadwacer – the man she is/was “with” or the one that split Wulf and speaker apart • Theme of lost love

  6. Diction • Island – a piece of land completely surrounded by water ~could be figurative idea of isolation!

  7. “Bonny Barbara Allen” • Medieval • Folk Ballad and Narrative • Slighted Female POV • Theme of vengeance and unreciprocated love • She seeks revenge on Sir John Graene, then herself dies • Melodious with a serious content

  8. Diction • Rhyme Scheme – the pattern of rhyme for the last word of each line in a poem • Knell – the sound of a bell rung slowly for a funeral

  9. “Twa Corbies” • Medieval • Folk Ballad (narrative) • 2 Crows POV – 2nd Person • 1st Person – POV – man that overhears corbies • Theme of Diminishing Loyalty; Insignificance of Life • Everything/one in the knight’s life has moved on and he is “crow’s meat” • Morbid!

  10. Diction • Twa - two • Fail dyke – wall of turf • Hause-bane – neck bone

  11. “Sir Patrick Spens” • Medieval • Folk Ballad • 3rd Person Unknown POV – sympathetic to the lot of Sir Patrick Spens and his men • Theme – tragic death • Shipwreck of a Scottish knight/sailor and his men

  12. Diction • Omen - anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent • New moon wi’ the old moon in her arm – This natural phenomenon in which an outline of the old moon is seen filling out the crescent of the new moon was considered an omen of bad things to come (text)

  13. “I Sing of a Maiden” Medieval Lyric poem 3rd Person Unknown POV Religious Theme - Celebrates Virgin Mary Code of courtly love Secular – coming of spring Simile – Jesus = Spring

  14. Diction • Courtly love – the code of behavior between women and their suitors • Simile – comparison of two unlike things using like or as • Pun – a play on words • Matchless – unequaled; without a mate

  15. “Ubi Sunt Qui Ante Nos Fuerunt?” • Medieval • Lyric; Folk Ballad • 2nd (us) or 1st Person Unknown POV – warning • Theme of fear of death for living materialistically – heaven v. hell • Heaven – Where are they? The ones that were born before us?

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