They are of Anglo-Saxon origin. The author is usually unknown and the end is unhappy 9.) Definitions to the following terms: Ballad, beast epic, Chivalric romance, didactic poem, epic, alliteration, assonance, alliterative verse, kenning, metaphor, Anglo-Saxon heroic code, antagonist, protagonist, setting. Beast Epic humorous allegorical stories that contain a moral lesson, usually the main characters are animals. Originate in France and le Romain du renart Alliteration Two syllables alliterate when they begin with the same sound. Alliterative verse form of verse that uses alliteration as the principal structuring device to unify lines of poetry, as opposed to other devices such as rhyme Kenning a short metaphorical description of a thing used in a place of a thing's name. Protagonist hero, main character Antagonist - character opposing the protagonist, not always a villain. Good luck fucking your brains up!
a cruel tyrany who would torture his poor subjects by playing the fiddle to them. Then came the Middle Ages. King Alfred conquered the Dames, King Arthur lived in the Age of Shivery, King Harlod mustarded his troops before the Battle of Hastings, Joan of Arc was cannonized by George Bernard Shaw, and the victims of the Black Death grew boobs on their necks. Finally, the Magna Carta provided that no free man should be hanged twice for the same offense. In midevil times most of the people were alliterate. The greatest writer of the time was Chaucer, who wrote many poems and verse and also wrote literature. Another tale tells of William Tell, who shot an arrow through an apple while standing on his son's head. The Renaissance was an age in which more individuals felt the value of their human being. Martin Luther was nailed to the church door at Wittenberg for selling papal indulgences. He died a horrible death, being excommunicated by a bull
syllables is not significant, varies. Old English poetry: initial rhymes (importantfor remembering! After all, the poetry was mainly oral, only selected poems written down by clerks at the command of noblemen/kings). Alliteration consonants at the beginning of words are repeated. Alliteration applied to stressed syllables. Alliteration bound together the two halves of the line. Therefore, the third stressed syllable (first in the second half) had to alliterate with at least one stressed syllable in the first half of the line. Old forms in general survive more easily in 1. compound words (BRIDEGROOM, WEREWOLF), 2. place names (SCARBOROUGH, CANTERBURY), 3. idiomatic phrases (e.g. OVER HILL AND DALE, HALE AND HEARTY), 4. rarely used archaic words with special meanings (e.g. WROUGHT IRON, where "wrought" is the old Past Participle form of "work")
Sir Gawain was one of the best knights, his symbol was pentangle- truth, one of the most important qualities. Truth is put to the test in Gawain's quest to seek out the Green Chapel where he will presumably die under the Green Knight's return blow. On of the latest and certainly the best of the ME romances. Fiction full of comic touches, significant achievement. Belongs to Alliterative Revival, a sudden appearance of a body of poems in the alliterate meter of OE verse. 9. The story of the Holy Grail. The most mystical and spiritual. Rooted in the mythology of all races is the best belief in a land of peace and happiness, earthly paradise, once possessed by man, but now lost. When Lucifer was cast out of Heaven, one beautiful stone fell from his crown upon earth and from it was made a vessel, which came into the hands of Joseph. He offered it to Jesus who used it in the Last Supper. It was thought to have magical powers
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