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GDaniotti - exercise 1 p.60
by GDaniotti - (2009-03-01)
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  1. Beowulf was composed sometime during the 7th  century.
  2. They uses poetic devices and formulaic phrases.
  3. The line was divided into two parts that were bound together by alliteration.
  4. The basic features of epic poems are that it celebrates one nation's heroes , it tells about the values of a nation, it uses a style useful to have the people remember and it is generally an oral form.
  5. The poet has a very important role because he was considered the voice and the memory of a tribe.