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Re-read lines 1-29 of "The Wife's Lament." What events led to the speaker's banishment to the forest grove?

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The enmities with the enemies of the speaker's husband was what caused her to be banished in the woods.

Step-by-step explanation:

"The Wife's Lament" is a poem about a lost love, where the speaker laments the separation between herself and her husband. While reading the poem, we can see that the speaker was forced to be banished in a wood that prevents her from seeing her husband again, even though she loves him very much. The poem does not make clear what caused this separation, but we know that this was the result of the enmities created between the speaker's husband and their enemies.

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