Elements of Anglo-Saxon Poetry
Select the element of Anglo-Saxon Poetry that these lines from"The Seafarer" best exemplify.
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This tale is true, and mine. It tells / How the sea took me
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On an ice cold-sea, whirled in sorrow,
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Alone in a world, blown clear of love,
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Hung with icicles. The hailstorms flew.
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The horizon, seeking foreigners homes,
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So summer's sentinel, the cuckoo sings,
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As the paths of exile stretch endlessly on
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Sword, snatching the life from his soul,
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