Who is the Speaker of The Seafarer?

In this literary criticism essay on the Old English poem The Seafarer, the student explains the debate over how many speakers make up the text and how to understand the structure of the poem, which seems to reflect the rapid Christianization of Anglo-Saxon England. The student argues in favor of interpreting the poem as the monologue of an old sailor -- not as a conversation between a young sailor and an older man.
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