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Old English Poetry

Old English Poetry. Are You Sure This is English?. The First Poem in the English Language. People in the 500’s didn’t have TV, Internet, radio, etc. so their sources of entertainment were each other. Meadhalls were common. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56rQlAjndoU

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Old English Poetry

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  1. Old English Poetry Are You Sure This is English?

  2. The First Poem in the English Language • People in the 500’s didn’t have TV, Internet, radio, etc. so their sources of entertainment were each other. • Meadhalls were common. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56rQlAjndoU • Christianity was well-established in the British Isles at this point a hundred years after Constantine, and it influenced their poetry heavily.

  3. Caedmon’s Hymn (In Old English rep.)

  4. Translated Caedmon’s Hymn

  5. Parallelism Examples • "Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.” ~ Psalms 119:105 • "When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative.”~ Martin Luther King, Jr. • "Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.” ~ T.S. Eliot • "It is by logic we prove, but by intuition we discover.” ~ Leonardo da Vinci

  6. Figurative Language • When the text does not mean exactly what the words say. • Examples from “Caedmon’s Hymn”: • “the might of the architect” • “heaven as a roof” Some types of figurative language common in poetry are similes, metaphors, and personification.

  7. Alliteration • Words begin with the same letters or sounds. • Examples from “Caedmon’s Hymn”: • herigean heofonrices • meotodes meahte and his modgeþanc • weorc wuldorfæder, swa he wundra gehwæs • heofon to hrofe, halig • middangeard moncynnes • firum foldan, frea

  8. Assonance • When words have the same vowel sound but different consonants. • Examples from “Caedmon’s Hymn” • firum foldan, frea ælmihtig • ece drihten, or onstealde. • weorc wuldorfæder, swa he wundra gehwæs • Nu sculon herigean heofonrices weard • meotodes meahte and his modgeþanc

  9. Consonance • Examples from “Caedmon’s Hymn”. • meotodes meahte and his modgeþanc • weorc wuldorfæder, swa he wundra gehwæs • He ærest sceop eorðan bearnum • heofon to hrofe

  10. Consonance

  11. Imagery • Using language in such a way to appeal to the five senses. • Sight - a full moon in a black sky • Sound - the chirp of crickets • Taste - the tang of a cold glass of lemonade • Touch - a warm breeze • Smell - freshly mowed grass

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