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.