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| On sea he longed for the land, on the land he longed for the sea. His only real home is in Heaven with God. |
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| Wife is exiled by Husband and his people – his family lied to him and he exiled her. Wife is mourning and hopes that her husband is mourning too. |
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| Causing sorrow; Hard to bear |
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| Compensation, as for a wrong |
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| Rhythmic breaks in the middle of lines, where the reciter could pause for a breath. |
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| Two-word poetic renaming of people, places, and things, such as the kenning “whales’ home” for the sea |
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| The repetition of vowel sounds in unrhymed, stressed syllables |
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| Repetition of initial consonant sounds in accented syllables |
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| Poem expressing deep emotion |
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| Epic hero who slays monsters |
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| Represent the loyal companionship archetype |
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| Making twisting or turning motions |
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| Long narrative poem, sometimes told orally, that celebrates the deeds of a legendary or heroic figure. |
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| Larger-than-life character whose accomplishments are celebrated in traditional tales. |
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| Identifying the key details in a passage and restating them in your own words. |
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| two or more verbs or verb phrases that share the same subject and are joined by a conjunction |
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| noun or noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it. |
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