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THE DEVELOPMENT OF POETRY - Coggle Diagram
THE DEVELOPMENT OF POETRY
ANGLO-SAXON LITERATURE
ANGLO-SAXON LITERATURE WAS ANONYMOUS AND ORAL
THE POET (SCOP'S) ENTERTAINED THE NOBLEMEN IN THE HALLS OF KINGS, OFTEN ACCOMPANIED BY A HARP
THE SCOP'S SOCIAL FUNCTION WAS EXTREMLY IMPORTANT
SINCE HE SANG EPICS CELEBRATING CULTURAL VALUES ON OCCASION OF GREAT CEREMONIES AND FESTIVITIES
THE MAIN FEATURES OF ANGLO-SAXON POETRY
THE MAIN FORMAL ASPECTS OF ANGLO-SAXON POETRY WERE STRESS AND ALLITTERATION.
EACH LINE WAS DIVIDED INTO TWO HALVES BY A BREAK OR CEASURA AND HAD FOUR STRESSES:
ALLITERATION WAS USED TO LINK THEM
ANOTHER IMPORTANT FEATURE WAS THE KENNING:
A FORMULARIC PHRASE THAT IS USED IN PLACE OF A NAME OR NOUN
THE MEDIEVEL LYRIC
THE LYRIC BECAME A POPULAR FORM DURING THE MIDDLE AGES
EXPRESSED INTENSE PERSONAL EMOTION
COULD BE SUNG WITH THE ACCOMPANIMENT OF A MUSIC INSTRUMENT.
THE EARLIEST LYRICS WERE RELIGIOUS IN TONE
BUT LATER THEY BECAME SECULAR DEALING WITH LOVE AND NATURE
THE METRICAL ROMANCES
A NEW GENRE THAT EMERGED WAS THAT OF METRICAL ROMANCES
THEY WERE TALES IN VERSE ABOUT:
LOVE
SUPERNATURAL CREATURES
CHIVALRY
THE MEDIEVAL BALLAD
POPULAR BALLAD WERE COMPOSED BETWEEN THE 13TH AND 14TH CENTURIES.
THEY WERE ANONYMOUS AND WERE INTENDED FOR SINGING AND DANCING
THEIR LANGUAGE WAS SIMPLE, INCLUDES FORMLAIC PHRASES TO DESCRIBE CONVENTIONAL SITUATION, SETTING AND CHARACTERS
THE FATHER OF ENGLISH LITERATURE
THE FATHER OF ENGLISH LITERATURE WAS GEOFFREY CHAUCER
HE WROTE THE NARRATIVE POEM "THE CANTERBURY TALES", BECAME THE BASIS OF MODERN ENGLISH