Question

Listen to an excerpt from Beowulf here. Write two to three sentences explaining what you notice about the language of the poem.

Answer 1

I can hear that Beowulf uses alliteration and a pattern of stressed syllables. The language of the poem does not sound much like modern English, likely because Old English is more closely related to Germanic languages.

Answer 2

The language of the poem Beowulf is old english using alliteration and a pattern of stressed syllables.Some of the old english words are used even today which is pretty interesting.