Anglo-Saxon poetry: Vocab & Themes

a break, especially a sense pause, usually near the middle of a verse

• caesura
• kenning
• kenning
• elegy

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

^{Complete the sentence:} 
The couple  _____ around the dance floor as they waltzed.

• whirled 
• terns
• decrees
• strives

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The smoke was _____ from the chimney.

• perched
• tarnished
• naught
• billowing

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Beyonće was surrounded by bodyguards, so the crowd got only a _____ glimpse of her. 

• fleeting
• tarnishing
• mournful
• wretched

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When the rain washed away the seeds, the farmer’s work was for ________.

• desolation
• naught
• smitten
• scorch

_{Complete the sentence:} 
The young man was ______ with love when he read the girl’s poetry.

• perched
• wretched
• smitten
• billowing

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Sailors they trusted the winds to ______ their sails and carry them great distances across empty oceans

• unfurl
• strive
• scorch
• tarnish

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Those who were banished faced a life of wandering, which led to loneliness and ______.

• fleeting
• decrees
• wretched
• desolation

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Relatives who were left behind suffered, too. All they all they could do was _____ over the fate of their loved one's sea voyage.

• brood
• strive
• whirl
• decree

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The entire family’s reputation was _____ by the burglary conviction of their middle son.

•  tarnished 
• wretched
• billowing
• scorched