Exeter Book

The Seafarer

Judging from his response to these things, explain whether he is more attached to life on land than he is to life at sea
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The Seafarer claims that land-dwellers cannot comprehend the pain of spending winter in exile at sea, estranged from one's kinsmen and miserable in the cold. All alone, the Seafarer recounts that all he could hear was the roaring of the sea waves. Sometimes he would pretend that the calls of birds were actually the sounds of fellow sailors, drinking mead and singing songs. Alas, the Seafarer has no companion or earthly protector at sea. You can read more at the GradeSaver link below: 

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