Word: destinct
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Dates: during 1892-1892
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...description of battles. Beowulf, however, is a long and thrilling tale, and told with Homeric simplicity. A deep fatalism broods over the poem, but it is counteracted by a certain manliness. The poem was composed almost wholly by one man and with one definite aim in view. Two destinct strains are felt throughout, one military, one of the sea. Always is heard the clanging of armour, but in the back ground is the unceasing roar of the sea. These legends were sung or rather chanted to the accompaniment of a musical instrument. and together with the peculiar accent and alliteration...
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