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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Eskál Vell 2I

[All]: This stanza continues the sea metaphor (see Note to st. 1/1, 3, 4), as the poem swells within the poet like a wave at sea (cf. 3/3-4, where the poetry booms against his teeth). The call for attention is extended from the ruler to his retinue.

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