Characteristics of Anglo Saxon Poetry Alliteration – Meter - Caesura

ANGLO-SAXON POETRY - CHARACTERISTCS:   ______________ – THE REPETITION OF INITIAL SOUNDS OF WORDS IN A LINE OF POETRY (Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers) (True is the tale I tell of my travels) (In the darkness dwelt a demon sprite)     _______________ - FOUR HEAVY BEATS PER LINE. NUMBER SYLLABLE VARIES.   *______________ THE SLIGHT PAUSE BETWEEN BEATS 2 & 3 (A uniquely trivial literary term)

ANGLO-SAXON POETRY - CHARACTERISTCS:   ALLITERATION – THE REPETITION OF INITIAL SOUNDS OF WORDS IN A LINE OF POETRY (Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers) (True is the tale I tell of my travels) (In the darkness dwelt a demon sprite)     METER - FOUR HEAVY BEATS PER LINE. NUMBER SYLLABLE VARIES.   *CAESURA – THE SLIGHT PAUSE BETWEEN BEATS 2 & 3 (A uniquely trivial literary term)

Anglo Saxon Poetry Famous Works Know these – the Big Four

ANGLO-SAXON WORKS:   _____________– Oldest Poem to have been found in England   _____________ – Epic Masterpiece of the Anglo-Saxons. Beowulf is a great warrior Hero.   _____________- Early Church History of England Composed by the Monk, The Venerable Bede.   _____________– Early Secular History. Compiled by order of King Alfred the Great. Continued for centuries with annual updates.

ANGLO-SAXON WORKS:   THE SEAFARER – Oldest Poem to have been found in England   BEOWULF – Epic Masterpiece of the Anglo-Saxons. Beowulf is a great warrior Hero.   ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY - Early Church History of England Composed by the Monk, The Venerable Bede.   ANGLO-SAXON CHRONICLES – Early Secular History. Compiled by order of King Alfred the Great. Continued for centuries with annual updates.

Try These – Match up the Cultures to the Dates their coming to Britain _____ 2000 BC V = VIKINGS _____ 44 AD N = NORMAN FRENCH _____ 449 AD AS = ANGLO-SAXONS _____ 787 AD R = ROMANS _____ 1066 AD C = CELTS

Try These – Match up the Cultures to the Dates their coming to Britain 2000 BC CELTS FROM EUROPE TO BRITAN 44 AD ROMAN OCCUPATION /400 YEARS 449 AD ANGLES, SAXONS, & JUTES COME 787 AD VIKING INTERRUPTION/ DANELAW 1066 AD NORMAN FRENCH and their BUDDIES

 

END OF THE ANGLO-SAXON PERIOD: After the death of _________ a battle takes place for the throne of England. In the year _____AD near the town of __________, Saxon forces led by _________ are defeated by Norman French forces led by _______ the _____. 

END OF THE ANGLO-SAXON PERIOD: After the death of Edward a battle takes place for the throne of England. In the year 1066 AD near the town of Hastings, Saxon forces led by Harold are defeated by Norman French forces led by William the Conqueror. 

William the Conqueror ushers in the Middle Ages

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