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“The Wife’s Lament”

“The Wife’s Lament”. Ms. Oliveira British Literature. P oem's date is impossible to determine M ust have been composed and written down before the Exeter Book 1072. . Exeter Book. E legy: Lament for things and/or persons lost, often lost to death.

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“The Wife’s Lament”

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  1. “The Wife’s Lament” Ms. Oliveira British Literature

  2. Poem's date is impossible to determine • Must have been composed and written down before the Exeter Book 1072. Exeter Book

  3. Elegy: Lament for things and/or persons lost, often lost to death. • Form: 4-stress lines, varying syllable lengths, divided in halves by a caesura (indicate a breath pause) Genre and Form

  4. Wars and family feuds forced females to play the role of peace-weavers. • They were often married to their family’s enemy to make a truce between warring tribes. • A marriage did not mean happiness or love. • It put women in a very tough position since they had to assume the role of peace-weavers and to unite two families that hated one another. Women and Marriage

  5. The repetition of beginning consonant sounds in neighboring words • Tongue twisters are an extreme example Description of Grendel: Snatched up thirty men, smashed them Unknowing in theirbeds, and ran out with theirbodies, Theblood dripping behind him, back To his lair Alliteration

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