You Should Really Read This Poem
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The history of literature is divided into many different time periods. The Anglo/Saxon period was a time when things were very different from today. This period produced some unique literature. Beowulf is an epic poem written during this time. An anonymous author wrote Beowulf during the mid-7 ....
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.... feasts, and entertainment by way of scops in meadhalls. The meadhall of the story is Heorot and they describe it saying, "The great hall rose / high and horn-gabled" (l. 55-56). The phrase ‘horn-gabled' is referring to the group called the Scyldings which were always associated with the stag. They also probably decorated the hall with horns. Some further elements of the setting are the geographical features. The story mentions many places such as the misty moors, the marshlands ....
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