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The poem is in the third booklet of the Exeter Book, which may, or may not, be an indication of composition. Many scholarly attempts have been made to decipher the collation of the Exeter Book and to determine if works were placed in the manuscript by date or theme. Unlike the ''Monstrarum Librum'' of the '' Beowulf '' manuscript, the Exeter Book appears to be a self-consciously archival collection.

The poem concerns the troubles and transience of life. It contrasts the life of a king at court with his life after his fall. The poem may take Book Of Job chapters 29 and 30 as its source.