Beowulf Literary Devices

"As he surged to the surface: the seasoned shaft" (99)

"her only child. But the mesh of chain-mail" (107)

"in a ghastly onslaught. The gallant man" (105)

The hell dam was in panic, desperate to get out (91)

"Then once she touched bottom, that wolfish swimmer" (105)

"wrestled and racked him in ruinous combat" (93)

"So arise, my lord, and let us immediately set forth on the trail of this troll-dam." (97)

"the way the sky does when heaven's candle" (109)

"Then he saw a blade that boded well" (107)

"Unferth, the strong-built son of Ecglaf," (101)