Question

MEDAL WILL BE GIVEN.
In the following lines from Beowulf, what literary technique has the poet used in the underlined words?

To many it seemed
the wolf-of-the-waves had won his life

synecdoche
epithet
kenning


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Answer 1

An interesting question, and a difficult one. Is wolf-of-the-waves underlined?

Answer 2

Yes, I'm sorry I should have put it in parenthesis or something. I tried looking up the definitions to each literary technique, but I just can't get it.

Answer 3

Alright then. This is a kenning.

Answer 4

A kenning is a group of words, typically using figurative language, that center around one idea. It was commonly used by Old Norse, and later Icelandic and Anglo-Saxon poets.
For instance, an Old Norse poet might replace the regular word for “sword”, with a more abstract compound such as “wound-hoe”

Answer 5

I don't think you realize just how much I love you right now. xD Thank you so so much.

Answer 6

So in this case, wolf-of-the-waves might mean something like pirate, or just a great seaman.

Answer 7

I've got another one I still don't know the answer to though.

Answer 8

No problem. Anytime! Good luck. ^^

Answer 9

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