The Quest and the Test: Blog 8

Read Song of Roland:

 BLOG 9: Discuss: 1. The poet’s attitude toward Roland. 2.

Archbishop Turpin and the Crusaders’ attitude. 3. The

supernatural and the superhuman elements in the poem. 4.

Elements of oral poetry in Roland.

1. The poet’s attitude toward Roland. 

In parts of the poem you can see that the poet’s attitude towards Roland is good. I think the poet portrays Roland as a great and Nobel character. At one point in the poem the poets states that Roland is bold and that his is also marvelously brave. I think all and all the poets really likes the Roland character and wants him to be looked up to in the story.

2. Archbishop Turpin and the Crusaders’ attitude. 

The archbishop Turpin and his crusaders’ basically fight and die alongside Roland. I think the poet actually sees these characters as proud diligent warriors. They reflect from the crusaders and take after them so I feel like the poet wanted to put some religious implications on these characters as well.

3. The supernatural and the superhuman elements in the poem. 

A superhuman element in this poem would definitely be Roman himself. The poet goes on and on about how excellent of a warrior Roman is, not only is he an excellent warrior, but he also conquers great areas of land. Another great example except this time more of a super natural element is the sword of roman. The sword of roman was all powerful.

4. Elements of oral poetry in Roland.

The song of Roland is the oldest surviving French poem on this green earth. Although we do not know who wrote the poem or when he or she wrote it, the story has been passed down orally for years and years. The poem basically describes everything that happened during the reign of the all mighty Christ warrior beast king Charlemagne. The poem goes around several countries during its duration.