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| Essay 2 |
| The Seafarer, The Wanderer, The Wife�s Lament In the poem, The Wife�s Lament a young wife is separated from her husband by his kinsmen. She is exiled from the people of her home. The them is represented as the end of innocence. It develops through the poem as the wife is exiled and left alone without her husband. Her lord moved her far from the few loved ones she had. She also had no friends in her new home. She is happy despite these things however, because her lord and herself have a relationship that makes them both grateful and happy. They confess that only death shall separate them. They are young and innocent, but innocence is destroyed when her husband�s family divide the two, because of their perception of the wife. She describes her exile as dark and sorrowful. This is understandable because her husband, whom she loved, left her and she has no friends or family to comfort her in her grieving state of living. She lives in grief, but she does not let it consumer her entire thought. She understands her lord will carry the burden of letting his kin come in between him and his loving wife. In conclusion, the end came to the young couple�s innocense, becuase he let his kin separate them. They lived perfectly and happily with each other. Death was the only thing that could separate them, until his kin stepped in. She was forced to leave and live alone, losing her only love on Earth. Her innocense is lost, and she will forever weep for her lost love. |