Kennings Kennings can come in 3 forms. Look at the examples in the chart below and write down the name or noun represented beside each example of a kenning. |Compound Words |Prepositional Phrases |Possessives | |Sky-candle |Wolf of wounds |Seabird’s bath | |Whale-road
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Grendal is an evil monster‚ or maybe that is what the poet wants his readers to think. The poet’s use of sensory images‚ emotive words‚ and kennings to paint a picture that Grendal is a monster‚ but this is only an illusion. To begin with‚ tone helps the poet display Grendal as a monster‚ not a human. The first example is from lines 407-8‚ “He strode quickly across the inlaid/floor‚ snarling and fierce.” This quote shows Grendal making snarling noises‚ only those a monster would make. This only
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Poet’s Effective Use of Kennings As I sit here reading Seamus Heaney’s modern translation of “Beowulf”‚ I realize what the poet is trying to portray and how he portrays it. Heaney’s use of the Anglo- Saxon poetic device of kenning brings about a different approach of reading (which seems to be more complex) yet allows the reader to still be able to derive the meaning of the story and what it’s about. Heaney uses a large number of kennings throughout the poem‚ “Beowulf”. Kennings‚ compound words or a
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ineffective religion‚ while through Christianity and faith in God anything can be accomplished‚ even the most impossible of tasks. The use of kennings and alliteration are ever present in Beowulf. In lines 62-64 the speaker uses the kenning “hell-forged
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A common feature of stories told in this period is kennings. In the textbook mentioned earlier‚ a kenning is “a descriptive phrase or compound word that substitutes for a noun” (Allen‚ et al. 34). Many kennings are peppered throughout the text; for example‚ the “shepherd of evil” and the “guardian of crime” (31) both refer to Grendel. These descriptions give interest when hearing
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language is full of nondescript‚ emotionless words that fail to convey any meaningful feelings. To get around this shortcoming many old English writers like the one that wrote Beowulf use kennings to create an emotionally evocative word with the meaning of the emotionless word. In Beowulf the author uses the kenning‚ “It would keep the bone-cage of his body safe” to provide a more descript and emotionally charged description than the word skeleton would create if used in the sentence (ln. 1446). The
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stories easier to remember. A few of these literary techniques were the kenning and the caesura. A kenning is a two-word poetic renaming of a person‚ place‚ or thing; much like a metaphor. Scops used kennings often to add a sense of allure to the story and to give themselves a chance to remember the succeeding events in the story. In The Seafarer‚ in line thirty-three‚ hail is referred to as “The coldest seeds.” This kenning was used not only to emphasize how horridly cold the hail was‚ but also
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words‚ however‚ were not always easy to create‚ and the poet frequently found himself searching for synonyms which would alliterate with the words he wished to use in a line of poetry. Eventually‚ the poets forced to create their own synonyms. Kennings is a figurative‚ usually compound expression used in place of a name or noun‚ especially in Old English and Old Norse poetry. The poet‚ of Anglo-Saxon times relied to a great extent on the metaphor to describe everyday objects in a colorful language
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merit. Well known epic poem‚ Beowulf‚ accomplishes its merit through masterfully infused figurative language‚ two of which are most common‚ alliteration and kennings. Beowulf is largely constructed around the monsters‚ condemned as outcasts‚ seeking out revenge. In Raffel’s translation he utilizes devises such as alliteration and kennings to emphasize and build fear of the monsters‚ add to suspense and accentuate action in the text. In lines 36-37 of the textbook’s‚ “From Beowulf‚” Raffel
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of those phrases. Kennings are also used which shows the different names for God and all the different things‚ which he has accomplished. Lastly‚ the short phrases allow for a chant to be sung in church. The structure of this poem‚ although short‚ must have had a lot of thought put into it. This is because it portrays the meaning of the poem immensely. This story is presented in nine lines‚ showing the creation and beauty created by the “Holy Creator.” (line 2). The
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