Beowulf

The epic, Beowulf, uses a couple of literary terms including alliteration and kennings. Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds in words close to one another. For example, in line thirty-one there is the repeated "w" sound in went, wondering, and warriors. Also this epic uses kennings which are hyphenated words. For example, the words razor-sharp and strong-hearted are kennings. There are many other examples of alliteration and kennings throughout the epic Beowulf, but these are just a few examples.