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GPaparot - Beowulf
by GPaparot - (2009-03-01)
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  1. Beowulf was composed during the 7th century.
  2. Because Anglo-Saxon poetry was oral, and so Anglo-Saxon's poets use assonances, rimes and other things like those to stick the poem into the mind of the poet to make him easier remembering it.
  3. The lines were divided into two parts, that were bound together by alliterations, assonances and so.
  4. Kennings are fixed expressions used by the poet to express common nouns.
  5. The basic features of an epic poem like Beowulf are the celebration of the deeds of one Nation's hero and the telling of the values of a Nation.
  6. Poets had a very important role in Anglo-Saxon society: they were considered the voice and the memory of a tribe.