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Poetic
Devices
This is what Grendel resents about
the Danes, as shown in this quote:
“A powerful monster, living down
/ In the darkness, growled in pain,
impatient / As day after day the
music rang loud in that hall, the
harp’s rejoicing / call and the
poet’s clear songs…”
What is their
happiness?
This is why the Danes flee Herot
at night, as shown in this quote:
“Then each tried / To escape
him, searched for rest in
different / Beds, as far from
Herot as they could find, /
Seeing how Grendel hunted
when they slept.”
What is because
Grendel hunts them
while they sleep?
This is the character that speaks
these words:
“Whose soldiers are you, /
You who’ve been carried
in your deep-keeled ship /
Across the se-road to this
country of mine?”
Who is the Danish
Guard?
This is the character that speaks
these words:
“Higlac is my cousin
and my king; the days /
Of my youth have been
filled with glory.”
Who is
Beowulf?
This is the character that speaks these words:
“Grendel’s mother / Is
hidden in her terrible
home, in a place / You’ve
not seen. Seek it, if you
dare! Save us, / Once
more…”
Who is
Hrothgar?
This character is
killed with a
huge “magical”
sword.
Who is Grendel’s
Mother?
This character comes
to Beowulf’s aid
after he is wounded
in the battle with the
dragon.
Who is
Wiglaf?
This character is
the king of the
Danes.
Who is
Hrothgar?
This character a
descendant of
Cain.
Who is
Grendel?
Beowulf is the
king of this
group of people.
Who are the Geats?
Grendel
terrorizes the
Danes for this
length of time.
What is
12 years?
This is the name
of Hrothgar’s
great mead-hall.
What is
Herot?
This is how
Beowulf
pledges to kill
Grendel.
What is
with his bare hands/no
armor?
The number of
men who carried
Grendel’s head
back to Herot.
What is
4?
This is called
Hrunting.
What is
Beowulf’s sword?
The author of
Beowulf.
What is
Anonymous or
Unknown?
This vocabulary word means:
Big and solid or
bulky.
What is
Massive?
This vocabulary word means:
To rid of the
impure, to cleanse
or to purify.
What is
Purge?
This is the name for
a poet or bard that
would orate epics
like Beowulf.
What is
a scop?
This vocabulary word means:
Something making
up for a wrong or
an injury.
What is
reparation?
The poetic device used in this quote:
“That shepherd of
evil, guardian of
crime, / Knew at once
that nowhere on
earth…”
What are
kennings?
The poetic device used in this quote:
“I feel no shame, with
shield and sword / and
armor, against this
monster…”
What is
alliteration?
The poetic device used in this quote:
“My heart is firm, /
My hands calm: I
need no hot /
Words.”
What is
a caesura?
The poetic device used in this quote:
“…the horrible shrieks of
pain / and defeat, the tears
torn out of Grendel’s / taut
throat,…”
What is alliteration?
These are the
main components
of an epic
(must have ALL for
credit!)
What are...
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Elevated Language
Poetic devices
Legendary/Iconic Hero
Forces of Good and Evil