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Characteristics Of The Beowulf Poem
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....resentation
of how the people in eighth century England communicated, what their feelings
were, and their culture. "It gives us vital information about Old English
social life and about Old English politics and about many things that scholars
would like to have much more information on."(Raffel ix) Another characteri.... Part 2 of Paper
....ry scholar, may have been responsible for Beowulf's
preservation."(Raffel ix) An interesting fact that is unique about the poem is
that "it is the sole survivor of what may have been a thriving epic tradition,
and it is great poetry."(Raffel ix)
The poem was composed and performed orally. "Old English bards, or
scops, most likely began by piecing together traditional short songs, called
heroic lays; they then gradually added to that base until the poem grew to its
present size. The verse for.... |
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