have been written to proclaim their greatness. However, none as captivating as

Beowulf. This Anglo-Saxon epic demonstrates it's power with beautiful language,

usage of kennings, metaphors, similes, and alliteration. Also, it gives wondrous

supernatural beings as in God, and even of powerful creatures as Grendel. On the

other hand, it has human struggles and afflictions.

The very first element that is discovered by reading this epic is the

lofty language that is used. Although, having read only and excerpt, the writing

is as glorious as the story itself. Alliteration usage and can easily recognized

in line 33, "He found them sprawled in sleep, suspecting nothing..." which

sometimes is the hero himself or herself. To be classified as a hero, one of the

to another characteristic of epic poetry. The very first supernatural being

Using like to describe the similarity of the bird and how the ship traveled

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