Literature - poetry by benedetta_lanza https://padlet.com/denisejhelton/literaturepoetry Realizzato con un po' di voglia di morire in più rispetto a prima en-us 2018-02-02 18:42:08 UTC 2026-01-24 02:04:21 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/150267337/34b08bf65357797a8f1c3b0222e2d20b/fiala_con_veleno_11863409.jpg Poems and chronicles chiaraparlato16 https://padlet.com/denisejhelton/literaturepoetry/wish/227741100 Anglo-Saxon literature or Old English literature was written in Anglo-Saxon from the second half of the 5th century to the time of the Norman conquest in 1066. It includes:
  • epic poetry
  • chronicles
  • riddles
  • translations of the Bible from Latin
  • stories about lives of saints
The most important works are the epic poem  Beowulf  and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.

The scop
Old English poetry was anonymous and oral. The poets were called scop, and entertained the noblemen in the halls of kings often accompained by a harp.

The verse form
The most important formal aspects of Anglo-Saxon Poetry were stress, alliteration, kenning and litotes. Each line was divided in two halves by a break or 'caesura' and had four stresses; alliteration was used to link the two halves of the line. The kenning is a formulaic phrase that is used in place of name or noun (in Beouwulf, the sea is called the 'whale's road') and litotes is a rhetorical understatement in which the negative of the opposite meaning is used. (''Cain got no good from committing that murder'' Beowulf)

The riddle
Typical of Anglo-Saxon literature was the riddle, a linguistic guessing name, whose intention is to mystify or mislead. Riddles describe familiar things in an unfamilIar way.

Old English prose
Old English prose first appeared in the 9th century and continued to be recorded through the 12th century. Prose was written in Latin before the reign of King Alfred who decided to translate many books from Latin into Old English
]]> 2018-02-03 12:54:25 UTC https://padlet.com/denisejhelton/literaturepoetry/wish/227741100 Example of a riddle chiaraparlato16 https://padlet.com/denisejhelton/literaturepoetry/wish/227753456 Do you know the answer?]]> 2018-02-03 14:24:19 UTC https://padlet.com/denisejhelton/literaturepoetry/wish/227753456 The scop chiaraparlato16 https://padlet.com/denisejhelton/literaturepoetry/wish/227753829 2018-02-03 14:28:56 UTC https://padlet.com/denisejhelton/literaturepoetry/wish/227753829 chiaraparlato16 https://padlet.com/denisejhelton/literaturepoetry/wish/227755209 2018-02-03 14:44:32 UTC https://padlet.com/denisejhelton/literaturepoetry/wish/227755209 chiaraparlato16 https://padlet.com/denisejhelton/literaturepoetry/wish/227756710 2018-02-03 14:59:17 UTC https://padlet.com/denisejhelton/literaturepoetry/wish/227756710 chiaraparlato16 https://padlet.com/denisejhelton/literaturepoetry/wish/227756914 2018-02-03 15:01:34 UTC https://padlet.com/denisejhelton/literaturepoetry/wish/227756914 chiaraparlato16 https://padlet.com/denisejhelton/literaturepoetry/wish/227757955 2018-02-03 15:12:06 UTC https://padlet.com/denisejhelton/literaturepoetry/wish/227757955 The epic poem chiaraparlato16 https://padlet.com/denisejhelton/literaturepoetry/wish/227759124 The epic poem is a long narrative poetical composition dealing with the recollection of a glorious past in the national history of a country, the praise of the great and so on. References to historical events are numerous. The society described in epic poetry is aristocratic and military; there is no attempt to deal with the story of a single human being, common people exist because they are related to heroes. The narrative of the epic poem is made up of a series of vivid, pictoral flashes against an unstable moving background. These ''type-scenes'' are themselves narrative formulae like the banquet, the battle, the voyage and the funeral. Another peculiarity of the epic poem is its being an objective narration, since the poet's point of view coincides with the ones of the literary characters described. The main theme is the nature of heroic life, the function and character of leadership in heroic society. The didactic aim is linked to the celebration of heroic ethic: all men should direct themselves to actions which lead to glory and praise. The style is elevated, the vocabulary is extremely rich and various.]]> 2018-02-03 15:22:44 UTC https://padlet.com/denisejhelton/literaturepoetry/wish/227759124 Beowulf chiaraparlato16 https://padlet.com/denisejhelton/literaturepoetry/wish/227768475 The plot
King Hrothgar, the ruler of the Danes, is troubled by the rampages of a demon named Grendel. Every night, Grendel attacks King Hrothgar's wealthy mead-hall, Heorot, killing Danish warriors and sometimes even eating them. A young Geat warrior named Beowulf travels to Heorot Hall from his own lands to lend a helping hand—literally. Beowulf offers to fight Grendel himself. King Hrothgar gratefully accepts his offer. Grendel attacks Heorot Hall, Beowulf is waiting for him. Choosing to fight Grendel in hand-to-hand combat, Beowulf wrestles the demon into submission and eventually tears off his arm at the shoulder. Mortally wounded, Grendel flees into the wilderness and dies. Beowulf, Hrothgar, and their followers throw a wild party to celebrate. Hrothgar also gives Beowulf many presents and treasures to reward him for his heroic defeat of the demon. Unfortunately, Grendel has an overprotective mother who decides to avenge her son. Beowulf dives into the lake and finds the cave, where he takes on Grendel's mother in another one-on-one battle. When Beowulf returns to the surface, carrying the sword hilt and Grendel's severed head, the Danish warriors have given him up for dead. When everyone sees that Beowulf has survived this second challenge, there's even more partying and gift-giving. Finally, the Geats take their leave of the Danes;the king Hygelac and all his relatives are killed, and Beowulf becomes the King of the Geats. He is an honorable and heroic warrior-king, rewarding his loyal thanes (warrior lords) and taking care of his people. But one day, Beowulf finally meets his match: a dragon, woken by a thief stealing a goblet, begins attacking the Geats, burning villages and slaughtering people. Beowulf takes a group of eleven trusty warriors, plus the thief who knows where the dragon's lair is, to the barrow for a final showdown with the monster. Only one man, Wiglaf, remains at Beowulf's side. With Wiglaf's help and encouragement, Beowulf is able to defeat the dragon, but he is mortally wounded in the process. 
After Beowulf's death, the Geats build an enormous funeral pyre for him, heaped with treasures. Once the pyre has burned down, they spend ten days building an enormous barrow (a large mound of earth filled with treasure) as a monument to their lost king

]]> 2018-02-03 16:26:48 UTC https://padlet.com/denisejhelton/literaturepoetry/wish/227768475 Medieval drama https://padlet.com/denisejhelton/literaturepoetry/wish/228297004 The origins of the theatre in Britain are linked to religious celebration especially to commemorate Christian events. These performances took place in the nave of the church, but soon they moved outside, so this meant that Latin was replaced with English. The so-called "Miracle Plays" gave dramatic shape to the whole story of the Bible. These plays were staged by the members of the guilds and were performed on movable stage wagons called "pageants". The actors were all amateurs, but they were generally paid. In the "Morality Plays" actors represented personification of human vices and virtues, making the first step forward on a psychological interpretation of characters. The actors were now an association formed for the specific purpose of acting. At the end of the 15th century the word "interlude" started to be used; it referred to a short play, performed by a small acting company at a lord's house . The interlude used two main technical expedients: the disguise and the "Vice" whose purposes was to arouse laughter by means of a witty game of words.]]> 2018-02-05 18:58:48 UTC https://padlet.com/denisejhelton/literaturepoetry/wish/228297004 Ballad denisejhelton https://padlet.com/denisejhelton/literaturepoetry/wish/228352162 Most writers on the form distinguish three kinds of the ballad: traditional, literary and popular ballad. The traditional ballad is a song, transmitted orally, commenting on life by telling a story in popular style. The story is told in flashes and each stanza embodies a separate passage of dialogue or a distinct scene. There are also refrains, repetitions and stock descriptive phrases. The stanza has four lines (ABCB). The literary ballad is written by a learned poet. Some of those ballads belong to the Romantic period. The popular ballad is the product of a literate or at least a semi-literate urban population.
The old English ballads include the best exciting poetry in the language. Most of them had been composed from 1350 to 1550, so the language is different from the modern English.
The most popular subjects were: no line between dead and human beings, magic, border, outlaws (Robin Hood) and love and domestic tragedy.
ROBIN HOOD
In England the Robin Hood ballads are better known than any others. Robin Hood is one of the great English folk heroes. Maybe he was a real historical character who lived in the north-midlands in the 12 century. He is described as living in Sherwood Forest, near Nottingham, as a leader of a group of outlaws. In short Robin Hood is the typical romantic hero. The Robin Hood ballads are humorous (and not tragic) because they come from central England and not from the Scottish border.]]> 2018-02-05 20:45:34 UTC https://padlet.com/denisejhelton/literaturepoetry/wish/228352162 denisejhelton https://padlet.com/denisejhelton/literaturepoetry/wish/228361912 2018-02-05 21:12:26 UTC https://padlet.com/denisejhelton/literaturepoetry/wish/228361912 Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan denisejhelton https://padlet.com/denisejhelton/literaturepoetry/wish/228362204 Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, author and painter born in May 24th 1941. Dylan first became famous as a folk musician. In 1962 he released his first album, simply called "Bob Dylan". Also, Dylan is one of the famous people who appear on the cover of The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band. In 2016 Dylan received the Nobel prize in Literature "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition".
The song "Like A Rolling Stone" has a lot of meanings, but Bob Dylan said that it was a song for his ex-girlfriend. He had written it in ten pages and he didn't think about it as a song, until he was at the piano and "the paper was singing".
Like A Rolling Stone is considered to be a ballad, but why? They have a lot in common. The first point is that it was sung. It's a mixture of dialogue and narration: in fact is a story and Dylan in the chorus ask to the girl "How does it feel?", like he was talking to her in that precise moment. The song has not a moral aim and there are a lot of repetitions (line 7/8 "Now you don't talk so loud,/ Now you don't seem so proud."). It is written with a simple language.]]> 2018-02-05 21:13:38 UTC https://padlet.com/denisejhelton/literaturepoetry/wish/228362204 Lyrics Like A Rolling Stone denisejhelton https://padlet.com/denisejhelton/literaturepoetry/wish/228364929 Once upon a time you dressed so fine
You threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn't you?
People'd call, say, "Beware doll, you're bound to fall"
You thought they were all kiddin' you
You used to laugh about
Everybody that was hangin' out
Now you don't talk so loud
Now you don't seem so proud
About having to be scrounging for your next meal.

How does it feel
How does it feel
To be without a home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?

You've gone to the finest school all right, Miss Lonely
But you know you only used to get juiced in it
And nobody has ever taught you how to live on the street
And now you find out you're gonna have to get used to it
You said you'd never compromise
With the mystery tramp, but know you realize
He's not selling any alibis
As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes
And say do you want to make a deal?

How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?

You never turned around to see the frowns on the jugglers and the clowns
When they all come down and did tricks for you
You never understood that it ain't no good
You shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you
You used to ride on the chrome horse with your diplomat
Who carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat
Ain't it hard when you discover that
He really wasn't where it's at
After he took from you everything he could steal.

How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?

[...]

-Bob Dylan]]> 2018-02-05 21:23:01 UTC https://padlet.com/denisejhelton/literaturepoetry/wish/228364929 Beowulf chiaraparlato16 https://padlet.com/denisejhelton/literaturepoetry/wish/228372584 Beowulf's origin
Beowulf is an epic poem which was written sometime between 550 and 1000 CE. It is a good example of alliterative verse, which is the repetition of sounds from line to line. The story centers on the heroism, strength, and bravery of the main character, Beowulf. He was more than likely a fictional character, but the story provides information about the society in which Beowulf lived. Specifically, it highlights the role of violence and the endless cycles of death and revenge that dominated the lives of the Germanic people in pre-Christian Europe.Beowulf is a sweeping tale that meshes together supernatural, historical, and moral elements, and it fits in right alongside Homer's epics, Iliad and Odyssey. Beowulf's story takes place in the 6th century in Denmark and Sweden. The main character, Beowulf, is a man who possess tremendous strength and bravery. The epic follows him as he successfully kills three monsters. Each monster serves a purpose in the narrative, and reveals facets of Beowulf's character. He proves his bravery when he kills the first monster. The second monster's death avenges the death of Beowulf's men, and shows that he is committed to justice, however violent that justice may be. And when he slays the third monster, he affirms the fact that he is a true hero. He faces his own death without fear, and fights bravely to the end when all others, but one, ran away

]]> 2018-02-05 21:50:03 UTC https://padlet.com/denisejhelton/literaturepoetry/wish/228372584 Beowulf and Grendel: the fight chiaraparlato16 https://padlet.com/denisejhelton/literaturepoetry/wish/228376964 Summary

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