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Beowulf - Scholarly Submissions

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<strong>Beowulf</strong><br />

The Poetry of <strong>Beowulf</strong><br />

Alliteration: the repetition of consonant sounds<br />

in words close together.<br />

And with old woes new wail my dear<br />

time’s waste.<br />

The emphasis on the w sound in this line from<br />

Shakespeare’s Sonnet 30 creates a melancholy<br />

tone.

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