1. Beowulf Sentence Modeling: Parallel Structure &Present Participles
His misery leaped/ The seas, was told and sung in all/ Men’s ears: how Grendel’s hatred began,/ how the monster relished his savage war/ On the Danes, keeping the bloody feud/ Alive, seeking no peace, offering/ No truce, accepting no settlement, no price/ In gold or land, and paying the living/ for one crime only with another.
Notice the parallel structure, repetition, and the use of –ing words.
Keeping, seeking, offering, accepting and paying are all present participles modifying Grendel. The last –ing word, however, is not a present participle. Why not? What is it?

2. Beowulf Sentence Structure Modeling
Imitation
His misery leaped/ The seas, was told and sung in all/ Men’s ears: how Grendel’s hatred began,/ how the monster relished his savage war/ On the Danes, keeping the bloody feud/ Alive, seeking no peace, offering/ No truce, accepting no settlement, no price/ In gold or land, and paying the living/ for one crime only with another.
His reputation reached all ears, was heard and known in all students’ ears: how Ace’s senior year began, how the student continued his relentless campaign for his education, engaging the entire class, completing all assignments, all projects, answering all questions in class and at home, and increasing his GPA with one achievement after another.
GPA is not a gerund- OOPS.

3. Beowulf Sentence Modeling:
His misery leaped/ The seas, was told and sung in all/ Men’s ears: how Grendel’s hatred began,/ how the monster relished his savage war/ On the Danes, keeping the bloody feud/ Alive, seeking no peace, offering/ No truce, accepting no settlement, no price/ In gold or land, and paying the living/ for one crime only with another.
WNB #4:
Part One: Write your own imitation. Make sure to retain the structure. You must substitute the underlined words with words of your own. Highlight or underline the parallel structure (participial phrases).
Part Two: : Find another example of parallel structure using present participles in Beowulf.