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- 1Alliterative MeterShort Poetic line, divided into 2 parts. Usually 4 stressed syllables w two on each divided line. As many unstressed syllables as you want. Syllables must have 2-3 alliterations
- 2ScopPoet of Anglo-saxon tradition
- 3Ceaurarest in the middle
- 4ExterComposed of short riddles and poems
- 5MonographOne text, one auther
- 6Pictpainted people
- 7pthorn-th
- 8d/geaeth/daet/th
ae-ash-a - 9apecguncould mean kill, devious gift
- 10Meadsweetened alcohol
- 11Mead Halleat and sleep inside all together
- 12Folk Epiccentrel protagonist, this person is a cultural hero and interesects with history but is not historical
- 13Peace Weaversforge connections between two fighting communities. Mostly were women
- 14Wergildworth of an individual. Lords decided the amount
- 15Peterboroug ChronicleKept by monks, Before 1131-french after 1154-middle english
- 16Courtly lovepertains only to nobles. Doing acts for women to attain gifts from them
- 17Bellatoresrich, upperclass, noblemen
- 18OrartoresMonatisc people, religious citizens
- 19Laboratoreslower calss, workers
- 20Chivalryperforming your duties to your lord for them to provide a good life for you, also deals with being on horses
- 21Romanticsborrowed from classics, focuses on Bellatores. Not religious but does mention religion. Written in German, Portugese, Italien, Spanish, French and Romanian
- 22Fairieshuman sized, hard to tell what they are
- 23Faemarginalized people (picts) started to be called Fae. repsonsible for bad things, have magic and are sexual. take people to Faeire land.
- 24Heroic coupletscommonly used in epic and narrative poetry. refers to poemsa constructed from a sequence of rythiming pairs of lines in iambic pentameter.
- 25Estate Satiremaking fun of someone due to their class
- 26Sonnetchanged the way language was formed in early centuries
- 27In media resin the middle of things
- 28Epicimports from other stories and ideas. Asks big questions
- 29Innvocationcalling on the spirits or muses to help write the story
- 30Epic Similiescomparisoins of human character to something you like or is nature. Micro simile within epic
- 31Allegorynarrative of symbols or other meanings underneath the strory.
- 32Elegyreplacement of/for the dead
- 33Natural Religioncombo of science and religions
- 34MachinaryGods performing within the story
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