1. A COLLECTION OF MANUSCRIPTS EXETER BOOK WAS PROBABLY COMPILED BY MONKS DURING THE REIGN OF KING ALFRED THE GREAT, BETWEEN 871 AND 899. The Exeter Book

2. IMAGINE LIFE IN THE 5 TH -11 TH CENTURY! No TV and movie theaters only showed movies on special occasions! People were entertained by scops – travelling storytellers who memorized, adapted, and passed along an oral tradition of stories and songs. Men went to Mead Halls!

3. Anglo-Saxon Lyrics Lyrics expressed the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker. Composed for easy memorization and recitation. They contain these elements:  Lines with regular rhythms, usually with four strong beats.  Caesuras, rhythmic breaks in the middle of lines, where the reciter could pause for breath  Kennings, two-word poetic re-naming of people, places, and things, such as the kenning whales’ home for the sea.  Assonance, the repetition of vowel sounds in unrhymed, stressed syllable (“batter these ramparts”)  Alliteration, the repetition of initial consonant sounds in accented syllables.

4. VOCABULARY Admonish Sentinel Fervent Rancor Compassionate Grievous Rapture Redress Blithe Advise; caution Guard – person or animal Show warmth of feeling Ill will Sympathizing; show pity Causing sorrow Joy; great pleasure Compensation for wrong Cheerful