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Beowulf 2
Title: Beowulf 2
Category: Society & Culture / Religion
Details: Words: 788 | Pages: 3.4 (approximately 235 words/page)
Beowulf 2
The epic poem Beowulf, written in Old English by Christian
monks around 750 AD, is a wonderful adventure story about a warrior who
kills ferocious monsters. The use of description and imagery enlivens
the story, making it possible for a reader to really see in his or her
mind the characters and events. Metaphors, exaggeration, and
alliteration are three devices that together allow the reader to
experience this poem which is quite different than most other poetry.
A metaphor is a figure of speech in which …showed first 85 words of 788 total…
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…showed last 85 words of 788 total…The swimming forms of
sea-dragons, / Dim serpent shapes in the watery depths". These are the
pictures that nightmares are made of.
In comparison to our modern fiction, Beowulf might seem wordy
and lengthy but when a reader takes time to savor the graphic
descriptions, vivid imagery, clever alliteration, and fantastic
exaggerations one can understand how this thirteen hundred-year-old epic
poem has lasted through the years. It is beautifully and creatively
written and has therefore stood the test of time for the reader or the
listener.
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