ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

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LITERATURE QUESTIONS

EARLY BRITISH LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Re-read this sentence also from the from Excerpt above:“They tied the sea-wood, shook their shirts of mail, and thanked God that to them the wave-paths had been easy.”Which two words can best replace the kennings “sea-wood” and “wave-paths”?
A
“tiller” and “ocean”
B
“ship” and “voyage”
C
“mast” and “route”
D
“driftwood” and “currents”
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Some of the kennings found in Beowulf include ‘battle-sweat’ for blood, ‘raven-harvest’ for corpses, ‘whale-road’ for the sea, and ‘sleep of the sword’ for death.

Detailed explanation-2: -Glory of kings = God, Wielder of glory = God, and Wielder of worship = God. The importance of religion in Beowulf is particularly evident in the many kennings for ‘God’. Instead of saying the word ‘God’, the poem uses glory of kings, wielder of glory, and wielder of worship.

Detailed explanation-3: -Some of the examples of alliteration in Beowulf include: “to feast his fill of the flesh of men” (the alliterative use of the letter ‘f’) “gulped the blood and gobbled the flesh” (the alliterative use of the letter ‘g’) “for fear of a feud were forced to disown him”

Detailed explanation-4: -The caesura is represented through a comma or another grammatical marker, to navigate the reader where the pause is. Examples include: “Asleep from their feasting, insensible to pain” “He was numb with grief, but got no respite”

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