Question

Most of the poems and stories of the anglo-saxon period were passed along by the oral tradition. in an essay, tell how the use of features such as the kenning and caesura may have helped maintain this oral tradition. illustrate your explanation with examples from "the seafarer,"

Answer 1

t the use of kennings provides interesting descriptions that are easy to remember and repeat. This would make the description become much more likely to stucked in our long term memory. The caesura helps establish the rhythm, as well as providing a natural pause. This would help during the memory retrieval process.