Question

Choose each of the poems below in which the speaker seems to be held prisoner on an island or was exiled to live in a cave beneath a tree. response - incorrect a. "Wulf and Eadwacer" b. "The Wanderer" c. "The Husband's Message" d. "The Wife's Lament"

Answer 1

The speaker in the poem 'The Wanderer' seems to be held prisoner on an island or exiled to live in a cave beneath a tree. The other poems mentioned in the question do not depict similar situations. Option b is correct.

Step-by-step explanation:

The speaker in the poem 'The Wanderer' seems to be held prisoner on an island or exiled to live in a cave beneath a tree. In the poem, the speaker describes their feelings of loneliness and exile, as they wander through a desolate landscape, separated from their homeland and loved ones.

This is evident in lines such as 'A lone-dweller on lands, long-distant ways' and 'Storms of hail fell then, and winter flew'.

However, the other poems mentioned in the question, 'Wulf and Eadwacer', 'The Husband's Message', and 'The Wife's Lament', do not depict the speaker being held prisoner on an island or exiled to live in a cave beneath a tree.

Hence, option b is correct.