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9 Cards in this Set
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Epic
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a long narrative poem that recounts, in grave and stately language, the achievements of a hero who usually embodies his civilization's ideals
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Comitatis
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Latin for warband
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Heroic
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obedience, loyalty, fortitude, self-sacrifice = generosity
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Ring-giver
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king
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Wergeld
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Man Price
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Wyrd
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fate or destiny
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alliteration
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the repetition of consonant sounds
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Angelo-Saxon meter
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lines range from 7 to 14 syllables
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Kenning
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imaginative metaphorical phases used in place of a simple noun
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