'Alliterative verse' diaporamas de présentation

Literary Devices & Terminology

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Versification

Versification. versification covers all aspects of formal organizations of sounds that characterize verse range from localized alliteration patterns of rhythm, metre and rhyme larger matters, genre, sonnet, ballad, free verse focus on poetry, but grows out of language

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PART ONE: English Literature

PART ONE: English Literature. An Introduction to Old and Medieval English Literature. Introduction to some necessary concepts. Celts: member of one of the races that now include the Irish, Welsh, Cornish and highland Scots.

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The Middle Ages a.k.a. The Medieval Period

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The Vercelli Book and

The Vercelli Book and. The Ruthwell Cross. The Vercelli Book. Dates from the late 10 th century One of four important OE collections (another is the Exeter Book)

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Alliterative Poetry

Alliterative Poetry. Tori , Kristen, Mallory, and Julianna. Poetic Features. Modern Alliterative Poetry: Alliteration: The repetition of similar sounds in a series of words or phrases Assonance Ex. On a proud round cloud in white high night Consonance

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Background

Background. People in the fourteen-century had difficulty to live accord with Christian principle Society's failure is attributable in part to the corruption of the church and ecclesiastics

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The Vercelli Book

The Vercelli Book. The Vercelli Book. Dates from the late 10 th century One of four important OE collections (another is the Exeter Book) Contains 23 homiletic (sermon; moralizing lecture) and hagiographic (biography presenting person as perfect) writings and 6 interspersed poems

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