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How does your knowledge of historical context help you to understand the following passage from “The Wanderer”?



He who has tried it knows how cruel is,



sorrow as a companion,



to the one who has few beloved friends,



the path of exile holds him, not at all twisted gold,

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WorldlyGlass49

This was Anglo-Saxon time, which means that there were a lot of wars, killings, deaths. So it was not uncommon for people to be left all by themselves, alone in this world, without a single soul to talk to.

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