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‘The Wife’s Lament’ by Anonymous is a multi-layered poem in which a speaker expresses her deep sorrow over her husband’s departure. Depending on how one interprets the poem, that departure might refer to his death, his betrayal of her, or his travels to another country.
Bring on the tough stuff - there’s not just one right answer. Do you think the poem was written by a man or a woman? How can you tell? What's the deal with the husband's kinsmen, and why are they so darn mean? Why is this cave chosen as her place of exile? Who do you think sent her there?
Exeter Book study guide contains literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis of the poems in the anthology. Best summary PDF, themes, and quotes. More books than SparkNotes.
15 Ιουν 2020 · 1.8.2 Reading and Review Questions. Compare the situation of the speakers in The Wanderer and The Wife’s Lament. How are they similar and different? Based on the information in the poem itself, why was the wife forced to live in a cave? What are the possible reasons? Why does the poem contain so much deliberate ambiguity?
The title here sets the table for the poem. It gives us a pretty good idea of what to expect in the poem and clues us in to both the speaker and her tone. All of this is pretty much confirmed in th...
Written some time during the tenth century AD in present day England, "The Wife's Lament" is considered to be one of the most significant poems in the Old English language. Now, you're probably wondering, what on earth is Old English?
18 Ιουν 2020 · The Wife’s Lament (the title is modern, not original) is a haunting and justly well-known poem, though difficulties of translation and interpretation make some aspects of it a mystery. It opens like several other Old English poems of lament, with a first-person speaker - in this case a woman, as the grammatical endings show - who promises to ...
