Anglo-Saxon Verse
The verse structure of the earliest Anglo-Saxon poems
What is "Accentual Verse"?
King of the Danes
Who is Hrothgar?
The reason Grendel kills the Danes at the beginning
What is because they're praising God?
"That fiend"
Who is Grendel?
Classical epics are written in this form
What is poetry?
Title for Anglo-Saxon poets
What are Scops?
The Danish soldier who challenges Beowulf
Who is Unferth?
The length of time that Grendel has been attacking the Danes
What is 12 years?
"The Almighty"
Who is God?
Term meaning "greater than the everyday"
What is magnitude?
A brief pause in the middle of a line of poetry
What is a Caesura?
The Geat who beat Beowulf in a swimming competition
Who is Brecca?
The modern-day country from which the Geats came
What is Sweden?
"The strongest of the Geats"
Who is Beowulf?
What is "in media res"?
The number of accents in a line of Beowulf
What is four?
A descendant of Cain
Who is Grendel?
The boast that Beowulf makes about how he will fight Grendel
What is without weapons?
"A mighty prince mourning the fate of his lost friends and companions."
Who is Hrothgar?
The common function of the blind old man in an epic
What is to tell the future/prophecy?
How cultures passed down stories from generation to generation
What is "The Oral Tradition?"
Who is Higlac?
The crime Beowulf accuses Unferth of committing
What is killing his brothers?
"That most famous of all dwellings"
What is Herot?
Classical epics often begin with an invocation of this figure
Who is the muse?