One lovely Saturday afternoon a bride to be slips into the white gown of her dreams. Little did she know her evil future mother in law t had different plants, feeding her son with false claims the groom flees leaving his love lonesome at the altar. Filled with agony the no longer bride is consumed in wondering why. Two isolated lovers dwelling on what used to be and should have been are not alone is there journey of heartbreak. . An unknown Anglo-Saxon scop wrote “The Wife’s Lament”, that tells of two lovers torn apart by false accusations, like the split lovers above.
During the first section the wife tells of "sorrow" (1) she is currently feeling. She sets out "voyaging"(2) lonely and vulnerable seeking for something that must be very dear to her. To voyage was a common Anglo-Saxon motif although it was uncommon for a women to go about voyaging alone. She claims "always I grieve in the pain of my torment"(5), the pain she is dealing with is worse than any other "hardship"(3) she has been through.
In the second section she explains what her misery is due to. She is miserable because her "lord went away"(6). Leaving her behind, her wife was consumed in "wondering"(6) the whereabouts of her husband. She went on a "journey"(9), …show more content…
Anglo-Saxons often incorporated alliterations in their works, we see an alliteration in "swarm of sorrows"(45). The wife says the world wants you to hide your "swarm of sorrows"(45). She sys one "must rely on himself"(45) and not listen to the opinions of others. Her husband and she would not be in the hardship they are now faces if the husband would've relied on the thoughts of his own. For one to be happy she says you must be an "outlaw"(46) go against the system and do what pleases you not society. Her "care-burdened"(44) heart was brought upon by claims and opinions of other. Anglo-Saxons often used kennings like the one used in the sentence
During the first section the wife tells of "sorrow" (1) she is currently feeling. She sets out "voyaging"(2) lonely and vulnerable seeking for something that must be very dear to her. To voyage was a common Anglo-Saxon motif although it was uncommon for a women to go about voyaging alone. She claims "always I grieve in the pain of my torment"(5), the pain she is dealing with is worse than any other "hardship"(3) she has been through.
In the second section she explains what her misery is due to. She is miserable because her "lord went away"(6). Leaving her behind, her wife was consumed in "wondering"(6) the whereabouts of her husband. She went on a "journey"(9), …show more content…
Anglo-Saxons often incorporated alliterations in their works, we see an alliteration in "swarm of sorrows"(45). The wife says the world wants you to hide your "swarm of sorrows"(45). She sys one "must rely on himself"(45) and not listen to the opinions of others. Her husband and she would not be in the hardship they are now faces if the husband would've relied on the thoughts of his own. For one to be happy she says you must be an "outlaw"(46) go against the system and do what pleases you not society. Her "care-burdened"(44) heart was brought upon by claims and opinions of other. Anglo-Saxons often used kennings like the one used in the sentence