questions

1) he finds it depressing but it's better than land because he likes the isolation
2) Because the rest of his tribe has been killed. He's the last of his tribe.
3) She wishes that her husband live the same kind of life she had to endure.
4) The ocean, his old tribe, her husband and her exile.
5) exile as subject; depression, not happy; just putting out all the dark things into your mind; man alone in a hostile world as theme
6) Very reliant on community and religion kind of guided people through their lives.
7) They seem to make time move slower since these poems have very low moods.
8) Desert your lord and wander from the wanderer, and from the seafarer find faith in god.

Seafarer

The short story the seafarer to me seems interesting because there are still people around these days that prefer the sea over the land. Taking a guess I'd say a small handful go on to become religious fanatics, but I could easily be underestimating the holy former seamen population of the world. This poem to me seems like it was written because he wanted to be on the sea. You don't return to a place that you don't want to be unless; someone asks you to come back, your convicted, you have a disease, or you simply can't leave. So I'd say he wrote this based on option #4. This character seems to love god and wishes to do so alone on the sea. Maybe he hated his king, other civilians, perhaps even the local monastery. We don't know. We just know he liked the sea and god.

Newer vocab.

Bellicose-Adj. demonstrating aggresion and willingness to fight
Gregarious-Adj. Fond of company
Surly-Adj. Bad tempered and unfriendly
Surreptitious-Adj. Kept secret because it wouldn't be approved
Contumacious-Adj. Stubbornly or unwilfully disobedient to authority
Jollity-N. Lively and cheerful activity or celebration
Referendum-N. a general vote by the electorate on a single political question
Conundrum-N. a confusing and difficult problem or question
Sybarite-N. a person who is self indulgent in their fondness for sensuous luxury
Gustatory-Adj. concerned with tasting or the sense of taste
Regale-Vb. entertain or amuse with talk

Vocab.

Courtliness-N. Polished or refined

The courtliness of the ostrich egg was greater than the kings crown.
Sedately-ADV. Calm, dignified, and unhurried

The old man sedately pushed the child off of the cliff.
Accrue-vb. Be received by somebody in increasing amounts over time

The squirrel slowly accrued his nuts