The Song of Roland

1. When thinking about the poet's attitude towards Roland, a couple of things come to mind. In parts of the poem, you can see that the poet's attitude toward Roland is pretty good. He portrays Roland as a great and noble character. At one point in the poem, he states that Roland is bold and shows extreme bravery in several situations. I believe that all the poets were very fond of the character of Roland and wanted the readers to be able to look up to him in the story.
2. The attitude between Archbishop Turpin and the Crusaders' attitude is very interesting. The Archbishop Turpin and his Crusaders' basically fight and die alongside the hero Roland. I think the poet actually sees these characters as proud diligent warriors. They reflect from the Crusaders' and took after them. So I feel like the poet wanted to throw in some religious implications on these characters as well.
3. The supernatural and superhuman elements in the poem are very special as well. Roman would be a perfect example of a superhuman element in the poem. He was an excellent warrior, and not only that, but he also conquered great areas of land. An example of a supernatural element would be Roman's sword. It was all powerful
4. There was also some elements of oral poetry in the poem. The Song of Roland is the oldest surviving French poem on this earth. Although we do not know who wrote the poem or even when it was written. The story has been passed down orally for years and years. The poem basically describes everything that happened during the reign of the all might Christ warrior beast king Charlemagne. The poem goes around several countries during its duration. 

"Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful."

-Rita Dove