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Poetic Forms
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Beowulf
Ancient Mariners
Epic Poetry
100
This has a distinct form. ABAB or AA BB is the proper form
What is a rhyme scheme
100
This poem details a father giving life lessons to his son
What is If
100
This version of Beowulf was translated by the author of The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings
What is J.R.R. Tolkien
100
This is the symbol that the Mariner wears around his neck, much like the cross that Jesus bore
What is the Albatross
100
This cyclical journey is a path that all hero's follow
What is The Hero's Journey
200
Words that make up a song
What is lyrics
200
This poem tells of a weary sailor who struggles against nature
What is The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
200
Beowulf fights who after he defeats Grendel
What is Grendel's Mother
200
Who played dice for the Mariner's crew
What is life and life and death
200
When someone is called to do something great
What is Call to Adventure
300
How poetry is measured
What is meter
300
This poem deals with a man who loses his leg
What is Invictus
300
Heorot is called what in the poem Beowulf
What is Mead Hall
300
What type of conflict exists in Rime of the Ancient
What is Man vs Nature
300
The mythical palace which an old western gunslinger is trying to reach
What is The Dark Tower
400
Long poems that generally tell a story, in the old days these were orated
What is ballads
400
This famous poem has an animal in its title
What is The Tyger
400
This is the name of the sword that Unferth gave to Beowulf
What is Hrunting
400
What distinctive feature does the narrator reveal about the Mariner
What is his gazing eye
400
What does Roland see as he approaches the tower
What is dead bodies of fallen knights
500
A type of poetry that does not include any rhyming
What is free verse
500
An epic poem that deals with the travels of Roland
What is Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came
500
What did Beowulf take of Grendel's Mother
What is her head
500
In the poem there are how many survivors?
What is one
500
"Childe" means what?
What is a person who has not achieved knighthood