Poems Anglo Saxon-Old English - Schema

Poems (Anglo Saxon – Old English)

Stories of

Epic the lives of

Riddles

poetry the Saints

Chronicles Translation Sermons

of the Bible

The most important works

Kenning = A figurative

expression, usually

compound in form, that is

used in place of a name or

noun.

Example: The sea is called

Beowulf Caedmon’s Hymn

the “whale’s road”

(Beowulf).

Litotes = A figure of speech

consisting of an understatement in

which an affirmative is expressed

by negating its opposite.

Example: "The grave's a fine a

private place,

But none, I think, do there

embrace."

(Andrew Marvell, "To His Coy

Mistress")

Poems (Anglo Saxon – Old

English)

The Heroic PreChristian The Christian Poetry

poetry

(Sources: Germanic / Myth History,

Custom, and the Christian)

Scop – Menestrello

The poet who entertained

the noblemen in the halls of

kings often accompanied by

a harp.

The Epic Poem

The Pagan Elegy

(The reasons behind such a

dramatic situation are implied

(A long and highly but not described, and the

stylized narrative images are active rather than

poem celebrating the static; the elements of

heroic achievements personal experience and

of its hero) philosophic reflection are

reconciled, offering a moving

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view of the human condition)

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The TOPIC;

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The SOCIETY;

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The NARRATIVE;

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The SCENES;

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The THEME;

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Didactic aim.