walkinginmypurpose
walkinginmypurpose
31.08.2021 • 
English

ANALYZE OLD ENGLISH POETRY parley or make peace with any Dane
nor stop his death-dealing nor pay the
death-price.
No counsellor could ever
expect
fair reparation from those rabid hands. 73
All were endangered; young and old
were hunted down by that dark
death-shadow
who lurked and swooped in the long
nights
on the misty moors; nobody knows
where these reavers from hell roam on
their errands.
ANALYZE OLD ENGLISH POETRY
Annotate: Kennings are often more
descriptive than simple nouns Highlight
the kenning in line 75.
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How does kenning help
readers visualize Grendel?

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