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The first literature of the Anglo-Saxons

Poetry was easier to remember than prose due to its _________.

The anglo-saxon poet

recited poems; was not an original poet, but a performer, a chanter, a harper, and sometimes a jester and juggler

Five Striking Characteristics of Anglo-Saxon literature

1. Love of freedom
2. Responsiveness to nature, especially in her sterner moods
3. Strong religious convictions and a belief in Wyrd, or Fate
4. Reverence for womanhood
5. Devotion to glory as the ruling motive in every warrior's life.

Pause (Caesura)

two half lines that poetry was composed of

Stressing certain syllables or words

Beginning words with the same consonant sound

Repetition of ideas in slightly differing form

The greatest of the Anglo-Saxon poems and the oldest surviving epic of any Germanic people

Beowulf's many traditional qualities of an epic

1. It is about a great national hero
2. It is written in lofty language
3. It contains supernatural elements
4. It explores the struggle of good and evil

What is Beowulf?

The story of a man struggling against three monstrous and mysterious incarnations of evil.

Who is the Seafarer written by?

Who is the Bookworm written by?

Who is Honey-Mead written by?