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Flura [38]
3 years ago
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What literary device is " shield- bosses"?

English
2 answers:
Dominik [7]3 years ago
5 0

<u>What literary device is " shield- bosses"?</u>

<em>A. Kenning.</em>

Originally present in Anglo-Saxon and Norse poetry, a <u>kenning</u> is a metaphor composed of two words, creating a single noun or phrase which attempts to represent a <u>compressed idea or object</u>.  

<em>Beowulf</em> has many examples of kennings such as: <em>"battle-sweat" </em>or <em>"light-of-battle". </em>

seraphim [82]3 years ago
4 0
A.) kenning I just anwesered it on apex
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