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The Wanderer
Question | Answer |
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what culture is the poem the wanderer from? | anglo-saxon |
what is the wanderer hoping for? | a new home |
what caused the wanderer's problems? | war and time |
why is the wanderer alone? | not one remains alive to whom I could utter the thoughts in my heart, tell him my sorrows |
what must a wise man be? | not too hot of heart nor hasty of speech, not reluctant to !ght nor too reckless, not too timid nor too glad, not too greedy, and never eager to commit until he can be sure |
who laid waste to middle-earth? | Mankind’s Creator |
what is fleeting on earth? | Here wealth is fleeting, here friend is fleeting, here family is fleeting, here humankind is fleeting |
what does a good man do? | holds his words back, tells his woes not too soon, baring his inner heart before knowing the best way, an eorl who acts with courage |