Examples Of Syntax In Beowulf
Joe Johnson
English 7/8
September 11th, 2011
Rough Draft #2
Author of Beowulf uses different syntax It is commonly known that the poem Beowulf was from the Anglo-Saxon time period. The Anglo-Saxon time period was a tribal society ruled by warrior kings. There were violent times and much fighting and conflicts. During the Anglo-Saxon time period, the people gathered in mead halls, which is a setting in the poem titled Beowulf. The author of Beowulf uses different ways to let readers notice the syntax of the poem. At first, stories were told by oral tradition and that’s when Beowulf came along. The first type of syntax that readers may notice in the poem is the way the poet uses long sentences when talking about or introducing Beowulf. “He gave command for a goodly vessel/Fitted and furnished; he fain would sail/Over the swan-road to seek the king/Who suffered so sorely for need of men” (ln.134-137). The author makes it obvious that Beowulf is important enough to the poem that he/she wants to describe him and discuss him using long sentences. “If death shall call me, he’ll carry away/My gory flesh to his fen retreat/To gorge at leisure and gulp me down,/Soiling the marshes with stains of blood?” (ln. …show more content…
Alliteration is the commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group. “Snatched from the forces of savage foes/From a friendless foundling, feeble and/wretched” (ln. 5-6). “Snatched and savage” follow the alliteration, while “from the forces of foes” also follows the alliteration. “Marauding monsters and menacing trolls,/Goblins and giants who battled with God/A long time” “Marauding monsters and menacing trolls” follow the alliteration concept, as well as “goblins and giants battled with God”. (ln. 71-73). Alliteration can be found in the whole
English 7/8
September 11th, 2011
Rough Draft #2
Author of Beowulf uses different syntax It is commonly known that the poem Beowulf was from the Anglo-Saxon time period. The Anglo-Saxon time period was a tribal society ruled by warrior kings. There were violent times and much fighting and conflicts. During the Anglo-Saxon time period, the people gathered in mead halls, which is a setting in the poem titled Beowulf. The author of Beowulf uses different ways to let readers notice the syntax of the poem. At first, stories were told by oral tradition and that’s when Beowulf came along. The first type of syntax that readers may notice in the poem is the way the poet uses long sentences when talking about or introducing Beowulf. “He gave command for a goodly vessel/Fitted and furnished; he fain would sail/Over the swan-road to seek the king/Who suffered so sorely for need of men” (ln.134-137). The author makes it obvious that Beowulf is important enough to the poem that he/she wants to describe him and discuss him using long sentences. “If death shall call me, he’ll carry away/My gory flesh to his fen retreat/To gorge at leisure and gulp me down,/Soiling the marshes with stains of blood?” (ln. …show more content…
Alliteration is the commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group. “Snatched from the forces of savage foes/From a friendless foundling, feeble and/wretched” (ln. 5-6). “Snatched and savage” follow the alliteration, while “from the forces of foes” also follows the alliteration. “Marauding monsters and menacing trolls,/Goblins and giants who battled with God/A long time” “Marauding monsters and menacing trolls” follow the alliteration concept, as well as “goblins and giants battled with God”. (ln. 71-73). Alliteration can be found in the whole