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4 strong beats
What is regular rhythm?
100
the original beliefs of the people in Anglo-Saxon England
What is pagan?
100
hard his hearts
What is an alliteration?
200
Repeated consonant sounds
What is alliteration?
200
century that monks arrived in England
What is 9th century?
200
blowing snow
What is an assonance?
300
repetition of vowel sounds
What is assonance?
300
traveling storytellers created an oral tradition by memorizing, adapting, and passing along stories
What is scops?
300
wave-tumult
What is a kenning?
400
2-word poetic renaming
What is kenning?
400
This book was compiled by monks in the 9th century
What is the Exeter Book?
400
SWORD, SNATCHING the life from his SOUL
What is alliteration?
500
pauses for breath in a poem
What is a caesura?
500
The general theme of the poems, we have read in class.
What is exile?
500
Oft to the wanderer, weary of exile, Cometh God's pity, compassionate love,...
What is a caesura?