】The speaker is a person of old age with a glow on his face wrinkled by a life time of suffering that inspired one with a feeling of unshakable determination. The speaker is ambitious, strong-willed in spite of adversities and difficulties he has met in his life and is optimistic and confident about his life. From the poem we know that the seafarer has suffered a lot including coldness, hunger and loneliness which made him exhausted and painful both physically and mentally. However, he still had a strong desire to wander to the widest corner of the world because experiences like flying solitarily and screaming made him excited. The tale of the speaker shows that the speaker is ambitious and optimistic about his life.