Beowulf Test 1 SG

  • 8th century emerged the Anglo - Saxon culture

  • Horse Mythology

  • Oldest and First epic poem written in English

  • Uses Figurative Language

  • Establishes the hero’s code of values

  • 3 Germanic Tribes - Anglo, Saons, and Jutes

  • Ranges from apx. 410 - 1066 AD/CE

  • Ends with Battle Of Hastings

  • Belived to be written by a christian monk

  • The epic hero is somone with super - human characteristics

  • Themes - Good vs Evil , Fate, Heroism and heroic deeds, importance of sea and sailing, importance of wealth and treasure , religion

  • NO ACTION IN ENGLAND

  • 3 Verses - ( Alliterative , Kennings , and Epithet ) (KAE)

  • Alliterative - repetition of an inital, four feet/beats per line, Caesure is a pause between beats 2 and 4, NO RHYME

  • Kennings - Compound Metaphtor ( 2 words ) ex. (Whale - road )

  • Epithets - Adj that describes a person, place, or thing ex. ( The Big Apple )