Blog 8

1) The poets attitude toward Roland is mostly good. There are parts of the poem that Roland is portrayed as a great and noble character. At one point, Roland is talked about as being bold and showing bravery.
2) Their attitudes are interesting to say the least. They fight and die along side Roland. These characters are seen as proud and diligent warriors. The poet wanted to throw in some religious aspects as well.
3) These supernatural and super human elements are special as well. Roman is an example of a super human because of his abilities on the battlefield and his ability to conquer a lot of land. supernatural was Romans sword and its abilities.
4) The oral poetry is the song of Roland, being the oldest surviving French poem. This poem as been passed down not by writing, but orally through the years.