Notes taken from The Norton Anthology of English Literature (4) Old English Poetry
Notes taken from The Norton Anthology of English Literature (4) Old English Poetry
Old English Poetry:
- The influence of the Anglo-Saxons: heroic poetry and the alliterative form
- Christian ideals and heroic ideals: Christ and God the Father like a hero-kings
- Pre-Christian and Christian features of Beowulf:
- Christian source of Beowulf: The Old Testament
- Reasons for the infusion of the values and ideals: the influence of the monks
- Elements of paganism in the Dream of the Rood, Caedmon's Hymn, the Wanderer , the Seafarer, and the Battle of Maldon
- The mood and world of Old English poetry: gloomy and dark
- The characters: while drinking, thinking of struggle in war without any romantic love
- Role of ironic understatement: high spiritual excitement
- Kenning : compound metaphor
- Lack of humor : because of the dignity the Anglo-Saxons attributed to poetry
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