ENGL 349 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Gnomic Poetry, Ubi Sunt, Old English Literature
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The midterm exam will consist of two parts. Terms for part 1: (part 1 asks you to define a number of terms we have dealt with so far this semester. For each term you need to provide a good definition and an example from what we have read so far. Kenning: a union of pre-existing word used to describe something. Litotes: a clear understatement in which there must be a double negative. The east danes, and entirely remedies all their distress, the insidious sorrows they had suffered and had to endure from sad necessity, no small. Gnomic poetry: poetry of wisdom that is being passed down. Tends to point to the lamenting of time and loss of death through battle (the wanderer). Beasts of battle: motif of war, in which beasts appear before or after a battle as a sign of death. Wergeld: the compensation system used in anglo-saxon and germanic law, where one was.
