The Two Voices of The Seafarer

Two crewmen's voices are in the field of literature, and there are many arguments about whether there are two or more speakers in ancient British poetry "seafarers". In this short article we look at some of the criticisms of the past two centuries and try to prove that the speaker of this poem is always the same through them. The author of The Seafarer is unknown. The manuscript is untitled and unique, it is believed to be carved around the AD 975. It was kept in the Exeter Collection on 4 pages in the Exeter Cathedral in the UK and died by the Archbishop of Refrick in 1072 CE.

Two poems of ancient English in the second half of the 10th century were "vagrants" and "seafarers". Both have religious themes and Richard Marsden says "seafarers" as "a poem of persuasion and education, the suffering of winter voyage is used as a metaphor of the challenges faced by devoted Christians" It is. After Norman conquered England in 1066, the written form of the Anglo-Saxon language became less common. In the influence of the new nobility, French became the standard language of courts, parliaments and polite society. Through the integration of invaders, their language and literature are intertwined with local people's languages ​​and literature, and the Norman dialect of the ruling classes is Anglo-Norman. Until the 12th century, Anglo-Saxons gradually shifted to Central English.

In 'sailor', spiritual desire of Anglo-Saxon, and poetry of exile, birds became a symbol of loneliness as happiness on the earth was exchanged for 'snoring and snoring' of netnet. Once it is discovered, it is difficult to shake the mentally accurate idea that Bede's Historia Ecclesiastica can not forget.Later, Joe Rhyme Royal Dream - Fulness Council, quarrels Looking at the birds provides a perfect form of discussion about the necessity of love and the natural world (also noteworthy in poetry, the first mention of St. Valentine as a day of lover's date)

People who like vagabonds are aware of being at the edge of human society and suffering from the relationship between the body and the soul. Like wanderers, seafarers also experienced a difficult lonely life suffering from bad weather; he enjoyed the pleasure of human beings and compared the happiness of people who stayed on the ground with the journey of the waves . Despite being fascinated by the waves - despite their obvious difficulties, they had to travel to the sea and listen to the sea bird songs. It is not music of Human Hall. Like the wanderers, the seafarers finally ended up with pondering about the uncertainty of the whole planet. When he returns to the "home" of heaven, the only stability that can be found lies in the next life.