1. Anglo- Saxon Poetry
Practical English IV

2. Lines with regular rhythms, usually 4 strong beats.
Anglo-Saxon lyrics were composed for easy memorization and recitation. They contain. . .
Lines with regular rhythms, usually 4 strong beats.
Caesuras – rhythmic breaks in the middle of the lines where the reciter could pause for beath
Kennings – two-word poetic renamings for people, places & things ex. whale-road for sea

3. Anglo-Saxon poetry continued
Assonance - the repetition of vowel sounds in unrhymed, stressed syllables (for ex. batter these ramparts)
Alliteration – the repetition of the initial consonant sounds in accented syllables
ex and the heathen’s only hope Hell

4. Kennings What common object do all of the following kennings describe?
Arrow aimer
Dust terror
Antique printer
The noun is renamed in a creative way using a compound word or a union of two separate words

5. Kennings – you try Scholar’s home ? Car loaners ?
Humanity’s beverage ?

6. Consider carefully how you could creatively rename each of the following through the use of the kenning technique.
1. a teacher a bus driver firemen television meatloaf police pop tarts music love computer