tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645949369338090361.post7862562221439189940..comments2024-03-18T10:50:34.539+05:30Comments on AD's English Literature : What Makes Anglo Saxon Lyrical And Elegiac Poem So Addictive That You Never Want To Miss One?Ardhendu Dehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11845684477876041153noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645949369338090361.post-70191287866196547042021-12-05T01:10:44.098+05:302021-12-05T01:10:44.098+05:30Thank you sir... I have noted it for my knowledge ...Thank you sir... I have noted it for my knowledge about it.. It was a great article with easy explanation.. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02521774776781162573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645949369338090361.post-84158714607267618242017-04-07T20:03:04.870+05:302017-04-07T20:03:04.870+05:30This is very helpful.. can you write a conclusion ...This is very helpful.. can you write a conclusion on this note..Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13319183740382529192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645949369338090361.post-47895731998895759162016-06-09T14:52:12.499+05:302016-06-09T14:52:12.499+05:30Wulf & Eadwacer is one of the most enigmatic a...Wulf & Eadwacer is one of the most enigmatic and truly great poems in the Old English poems, since the story it alludes to is not known to us. The poem appeared in the Exeter Book, written no later than around 990 AD. The most conventional interpretation of the poem is as a lament spoken in the first person by an unnamed woman who is or has in the past been involved with two men whose names are Wulf, and Eadwacer respectively. The speaker of the poem is evidently separated from her lover, Wulf, and this separation is seemingly maintained by threat of violence, possibly by her own people. Crying out in her sorrow for her lover, she longs for him to take her in his arms. It may be the first extant poem authored by a woman in the fledgling English language, voicing feminism. Another poem of this period, Widsith, a 143 lines' travell narrative, preserved in The Exeter Book, tells the story of Poet's journey through the old Germanic world. 'Widsith' means ‘The far-goer’. It is a valuable source of social and historical documents of primitive life. The Wife's Lament or The Wife's Complaint is an Old English poem of 53 lines found in the Exeter Book and generally treated as an elegy. In this poem the young wife mourns for her unjust separation from her beloved husband. A personal note rings throughout the poem, and the warmth of passion is warbling in the poet’s feelings and expression. The Husband’s Message, Old English lyric preserved in the Exeter Book, is another surviving love lyrics from the Anglo-Saxon period. The husband’s message tells of how he was forced to flee because of a feud but now has wealth and power in a new land and now longs for his wife. The poet describes the message of the husband engraved on wooden tablets, which is forwarded to the beloved women. It implores her to set sail and join him. Along with The wife’s Complaints this poem too bears an unpretentious and sincere feeling and a warm passion. These two poems are regarded as the earliest instances of the English love poetry. Deor, also called Deor’s Lament , Old English heroic poem of 42 lines, one of the two surviving Old English poems to have a refrain. (The other is the fragmentary “Wulf & Eadwacer.”) It is the complaint of a scop (minstrel), Deor, who was replaced at his court by another minstrel and deprived of his lands and his lord’s favour. In the poem Deor recalls, in irregular stanzas, five examples of the sufferings of various figures from Germanic legend. Each stanza ends with the refrain “That trouble passed; so can this.” The poem is found in Exeter Book. Heorrenda is Deor's rival in Deor's lament. This poem is a perfect lyric of the Anglo–Saxon period.<br />Souvik Biswashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00014455466097848759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645949369338090361.post-85094037428569257472016-06-09T14:51:52.688+05:302016-06-09T14:51:52.688+05:30Elegiac poetry: Elegy is a poem of serious reflect...Elegiac poetry: Elegy is a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead. The extant Exeter manuscript brings to us some preserved elegies of the Anglo-Saxon Age which are neither pagan nor Christian; instead they are a direct recording of the personal feelings of the speaker of these poems. These elegies stand out among the rest of the poems belonging to this period in English Literature owing to its strong current of melancholia and lyrical grace. These elegies appeal humanly across centuries as they are built on the grounds of emotions and passions which every hearer or reader from all ages can relate to. Gloomy in mood is The Ruin, which tells of the decay of a once glorious city of Roman Britain. Another such poem is The Wanderer. The Wanderer conveys the meditations of a solitary exile on his past happiness as a member of his lord's band of retainers, his present hardships and the values of faith in the heavenly Lord. He remembers the days when, as a young man, he served his lord, feasted together with comrades, and received precious gifts from the lord. Yet fate (wyrd) turned against him when he lost his lord, kinsmen and comrades in battle—they were defending their homeland against an attack—and he was driven into exile. Finally, he draws the conclusion that miseries are the common lot of man. The poem ends with a conventional Christian sentimental that good is the man who never loses faith to God. The Seafarer is an Old English poem giving a first-person account of a man alone on the sea. The poem consists of 124 lines, and is recorded only in the Exeter Book. The poem is told from the point of view of an old seafarer, who is reminiscing and evaluating his life as he has lived it. The seafarer describes the desolate hardships of life on the wintry sea. He describes the anxious feelings, cold-wetness, and solitude of the sea voyage in contrast to life on land where men are surrounded by kinsmen, free from dangers, and full on food and wine. But at the last part he asserts that “earthly happiness will not endure", that men must oppose “the devil with brave deeds”. The poem ends with a series of gnomic statements about God, eternity, and self-control and the single word "Amen". Souvik Biswashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00014455466097848759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645949369338090361.post-29543542840128524082016-06-02T10:18:28.136+05:302016-06-02T10:18:28.136+05:30can you make the intro part more informative???can you make the intro part more informative???Rajsekhar Basakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04406436973342291856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645949369338090361.post-30029042460124776852016-05-30T10:54:23.466+05:302016-05-30T10:54:23.466+05:30This comment has been removed by the author.Rajsekhar Basakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04406436973342291856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645949369338090361.post-33726170278869481852016-05-22T22:58:30.418+05:302016-05-22T22:58:30.418+05:30thanks ....this was awesome article. i'll post...thanks ....this was awesome article. i'll post a note that i made with ur help and wikipedia, britainica encylopedia help here right in the next comment.Souvik Biswashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00014455466097848759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645949369338090361.post-89613437665461186052015-11-17T13:37:00.375+05:302015-11-17T13:37:00.375+05:30Thanks Joyendra for your scrutiny... I've corr...Thanks Joyendra for your scrutiny... I've corrected some of them. Thanks once again.Ardhendu Dehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11845684477876041153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645949369338090361.post-22816181678098147182015-11-17T11:05:20.476+05:302015-11-17T11:05:20.476+05:30Sir there are numerous spelling mistakes please ch...Sir there are numerous spelling mistakes please check those.<br />Joyendra Kumar Deyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09010158174631308742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645949369338090361.post-69725141383061006972015-11-17T11:04:28.574+05:302015-11-17T11:04:28.574+05:30Sir there are numerous spelling mistakes please ch...Sir there are numerous spelling mistakes please check those.<br />Joyendra Kumar Deyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09010158174631308742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645949369338090361.post-60840156704178630322014-07-25T07:32:52.200+05:302014-07-25T07:32:52.200+05:30Hi Dr. Jana, if you kindly mention the name and de...Hi Dr. Jana, if you kindly mention the name and details of these books, I can note them in reference. Mail me regarding this. If I unknowingly hurt you, I feel sorry for that.Ardhendu Dehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11845684477876041153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645949369338090361.post-28709985734465322362014-07-22T21:37:43.262+05:302014-07-22T21:37:43.262+05:30Dear Dey you are good but some notes regarding li...Dear Dey you are good but some notes regarding literature is mine.Pl.go through my book on literature and mention it.Goodnight.Dr.Arghya Jana Literature Guidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08899954244426705806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645949369338090361.post-49343445799603432092014-07-09T16:02:59.725+05:302014-07-09T16:02:59.725+05:30Hello Sir,please help me understand about the ele...Hello Sir,please help me understand about the elegaic lyric poem "The Ruined City.what does it tells us? Please.....chit chatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645949369338090361.post-15037740481027160342013-11-14T21:19:09.549+05:302013-11-14T21:19:09.549+05:30Thanks Ria for your comment.Thanks Ria for your comment.Ardhendu Dehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11845684477876041153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645949369338090361.post-43237351432033625372013-10-21T20:21:43.875+05:302013-10-21T20:21:43.875+05:30thank you sir ...i read in 1st year so it help me ...thank you sir ...i read in 1st year so it help me very muchAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02575581417864413194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645949369338090361.post-44171941293984116792013-08-20T07:02:18.026+05:302013-08-20T07:02:18.026+05:30Dear subhankar,
I have just overlooked them. You...Dear subhankar, <br />I have just overlooked them. You can add a brief notes on Wulf and Eadwacer here in comment section. thanks.Ardhendu Dehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11845684477876041153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645949369338090361.post-31956293327601120932013-08-19T21:36:21.955+05:302013-08-19T21:36:21.955+05:30Good but you've not mentioned Wulf and Eadwace...Good but you've not mentioned Wulf and Eadwacer.Subhankarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02444975498129119067noreply@blogger.com