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Angelina's Beowulf

Beowulf's translation of Beowulf is a heroic narrative poem with a history of about 750 years, which was completed in the 8th century BC and has a length of 3,000 lines. The stage of the story is located in Scandinavia, northern Europe. It is the oldest legend recorded in Old English and a very precious document in linguistics. Beowulf is the greatest extant work in old English literature and the earliest dialect epic in Europe. There is no mention of England in this poem, but scholars believe that it was written in England around 725 AD.

There are 3 182 lines in the whole poem, with the heroic deeds of Scandinavian hero Beowulf as the main content. Although Beowulf has not been confirmed in history, many other characters and deeds mentioned in the poem have been confirmed. This poem was originally written in West Saxon dialect, with alliteration instead of kotaro oshio rhyme and two-word metaphor instead of simile. The whole poem is divided into two parts: the first part describes the magnificent palace of King Herosgur of Denmark. For the past twelve years, Glendale, a monster who is half man and half demon, has been haunting and hunting at Hogwarts every night. At this time, Prince Beowulf of Geats in southern Sweden led a family minister to visit and help with pest control. The king held a banquet that night, and Glendale, the clinker monster, reappeared and caught a hippo chef warrior. Beowulf struggled with him, and Bayes broke his arm. The monster escaped and died of serious injuries. The next night, Granday's mother came to avenge her son, and then Bayes killed her in a cave in a lake. The second part describes that Beowulf returned to China, was crowned king and ruled the country for 50 years. Finally, Beowulf killed a fire-breathing dragon in his later years, but suffered heavy losses and eventually died. At the end of the poem, there is a funeral and an elegy.