Anglo-Saxon Figurative Language

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Old English metaphorical compound-word descriptions replacing a noun

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Kenning

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Repetition of initial sounds

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Alliteration

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In Old English poetry, the pause in lines for effect

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Caesura

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"Whale-road" = sea is an example of

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Kenning

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Repetition of the same vowel sounds

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Assonance

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Repetition of the same consonants within a word

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Consonance

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Anglo-Saxon poetic device in the line: "Then, when darkness had dropped, Grendel"

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Caesura

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Anglo-Saxon poetic device in the lines: 'A p**ow**erful monster, living d**ow**n... gr**ow**led in pain... L**ou**d in the hall...'

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Assonance

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Anglo-Saxon poetic device in: “So Hrothgar’s men lived happy in his hall”

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Alliteration

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Anglo-Saxon poetic device: “tormenter of their days”

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Kenning