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The point of view for The Seafarer is first person narrative. The speaker tells the story as if he really experienced the events. The speaker makes statements like, “how I in harsh days / Hardship endured oft.” (3-4). The readers view this as an experienced perspective. In The Wanderer, the point of view varies. It begins with first person and then changes between third person and first person. The speaker makes references to his own experiences and then offers suggestions for action. The speake
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is, The Seafarer has only despair, but The Wanderer has a twig of hope. This is partly due to the pacifist feelings that the speaker has. They are separated from their friends, family, and God. This allows for some misinterpretation among readers and listeners.
The differences described previously, lead to the most important difference of all, the mood.
The interpretations of these elegies can be very different, yet very similar.
The overall meaning of The Seafarer seems to be that if you are passive, no matter what happens if you do not take action, your goals will never be achieved. The reader of The Wanderer is able to focus on the meaning the speaker is trying to communicate because the thoughts are in an
organized fashion. r seems to have an activist point of view, whereas the speaker for The Seafarer has a pacifist point of view.
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