THE SEAFARER

1. Choose five words that contribute to the tone or mood of the poem?

2. Pick the point in the poem which seems to find the poet the most hopeful. Write that line here.

3. Pick the point in the poem that seems to find the poet feeling the most helpless. Write that line here.

4. What are the three listed ways by which this poet expects death?

5. Write your favorite kenning here.

6. Write your favorite use of alliteration here.

7. Write your favorite use of caesura here.

8. What animals or natural elements are used in this poem? To what effect are they used?

9. What seems to be the meaning or message of this work? Articulate it in a sentence.

10. Do you feel sorry for the poet? Have you ever felt similar feelings?