Description: "The Seafarer" "The Seafarer" is a lyric poem. A lyric poem is one that describes feelingsemotions. The persona (or speaker) of the poem is a sailor who describes the challenges ("sorrowfearand pain") of life at sea. This illustrates the fatalism of the Anglo-Saxons. The persona then goes on to describe the difference between sailors

Category: Anglo Saxon Literature

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Date: Oct 28, 2005

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