The Seafarer and the Wanderer

The speaker of this poem has also been exiled but has hope that if he follows a Christian set of rules, he will find God’s love and friendship. With these similarities and differences, readers can misinterpret and misunderstand the message of the elegies. He gives wonderful advice to the reader on what to do in a situation similar to the one he is in. This allows The Wanderer to have a more hopeful and brighter mood in the situation. This allows the reader to get a more in depth understanding and interpretation of the central message. When reading The Seafarer, the reader must concentrate and pay close attention to what the speaker is saying. The difference

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.