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Anglo-Saxon Elegies, Lyrics, and Epics

Anglo-Saxon Elegies, Lyrics, and Epics. Anglo-Saxon Elegies. ELEGY a poem mourning the loss of someone or something such as the passing of life, a way of life, beauty, or anything of intrinsic or spiritual value. Anglo-Saxon Lyrics. LYRIC POETRY

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Anglo-Saxon Elegies, Lyrics, and Epics

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  1. Anglo-Saxon Elegies, Lyrics, and Epics

  2. Anglo-Saxon Elegies ELEGY a poem mourning the loss of someone or something such as the passing of life, a way of life, beauty, or anything of intrinsic or spiritual value

  3. Anglo-Saxon Lyrics LYRIC POETRY Brief, melodic poems that focus on expressing personal emotions or thoughts, rather than telling a story.

  4. Anglo-Saxon Lyrics In ancient Greece, lyrics were recited or sung to the accompaniment of a lyre, thus the name lyric.

  5. Anglo-Saxon Lyrics Anglo-Saxon lyrics usually have some or all of the following elements: Regular beat, usually four stressed or accented syllables or beats per line, often called “Anglo-Saxon meter.”

  6. Anglo-Saxon Lyrics Caesura: pause within a line of poetry, sometimes indicated by a punctuation mark like a period or a semi-colon

  7. Anglo-Saxon Lyrics Kenning: a specialized metaphor made of compound words or a phrase used to name a person, place, thing, or event indirectly. Example: “whale road” for sea. Refer to class handout on kennings.

  8. Anglo-Saxon Lyrics, Epics Assonance: repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds in words that are close together

  9. Anglo-Saxon Lyrics * Alliteration: repeated sounds at the beginnings of words in close proximity (within two or three lines of each other).

  10. Anglo-Saxon Lyrics * Hyperbole: exaggeration used for effect

  11. Anglo-Saxon Lyrics * Litotes (lie-toe-tees): a special form of understatement negating the opposite (saying the opposite is not true.) Example: Summer in Central Texas is not exactly cool.

  12. Anglo-Saxon Epics Epic:a long narrative poem that recounts the great deeds of a legendary hero who embodies the values of a particular society and is in pursuit of a goal of national importance.

  13. Anglo-Saxon Epics Folk Epics versus Literary Epics Folk epics: stories about heroes recited or sung as entertainment and passed from generation to generation by oral tradition. Eventually, folk epics were written down some time after they were composed.

  14. Anglo-Saxon Epics Folk Epics versus Literary Epics Literary epics: have the same style and conventions of a folk epic but are written by an individual author

  15. Anglo-Saxon Epics EPIC CONVENTIONS * Invocation of a muse * Plot begins in medias res * Serious in tone * Lofty and dignified style

  16. Key elements of an epic include: EPIC HERO: the central character or protagonist of the epic; will be larger-than-life in a super hero way or of noble or semi-divine birth.

  17. Anglo-Saxon Epics QUEST: the epic hero goes on a long, dangerous mission thereby proving his heroism and winning honor, respect, glory, and renown.

  18. Anglo-Saxon Epics VALOROUS DEEDS: His actions demonstrate his courage, strength, and/or virtue.

  19. Anglo-Saxon Epics DIVINE INTERVENTION: often receives help from a god, or another supernatural force, who takes an interest in his quest or hero must journey to and return from the “Underworld.”

  20. Anglo-Saxon Epics MONSTERS: the epic hero defeats monsters that represent the dark, destructive forces or powers that are in opposition to the “good.”

  21. Anglo-Saxon Elegies, Lyrics, and Epics As with previous notes, these will be supplemented and expanded as the semester progresses. Be sure you keep these notes in the literature section of your notebook.

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