Our+E-X-P-A-N-D-I-N-G+Lexicon

toc =A-C= = = Ballad - lyrics poem, personal narrative, danced to Comitatus** - warrior society social unit =D-F=
 * Alliteration** - repetition of inital consonant sound
 * Anapest -
 * Dactyl-

Epic Poetry -** An **epic** (from [|Greek]: //έπος// or //επικό// "word, story, poem"[|[1]]) is a lengthy [|narrative poem], ordinarily concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation.[|[2]] [|Oral poetry] may qualify as an epic, and [|Albert Lord] and [|Milman Parry] have argued that classical epics were fundamentally an oral poetic form. Nonetheless, epics have been written down at least since [|Homer], and the works of [|Vyasa], [|Virgil], [|Dante Alighieri] and [|John Milton] would be unlikely to have survived without being written down. The first epics are known as primary, or original, epics. Epics that attempt to imitate these like Virgil's //Aeneid// and Milton's //Paradise Lost// are known as literary, or secondary, epics. One such epic is the [|Anglo-Saxon] story [|Beowulf].[|[3]]

Feet - unit of poetry consisting of one stressed and one or more unstressed syllables =G-K= Iambic pentameter- line of poetry that has 5 feet (10 syllables) Iambic tetrameter- 4 iambic feet per line Iambic trimeter- 3 iambic feet per line Kenning** - Anglo-Saxon metaphor; a phrase of comparison used in place of a name. = = =L-M= Meter- measure of beat =N-P= = = =Q-T=
 * Iamb- two syllable metric foot, unstressed- stressed
 * Lyric Poetry** - short, highly personal poetry
 * Mead** - fermented drink made of honey popular in Anglo-Saxon times.
 * Quatrain - 4 line stanza

Rhyme Scheme: terming the rhyme pattern from the end of the line

Scop** - poet/historian of the Anglo-Saxon and prior age; history and memory of the people
 * Spondee**

Trochee- two syllable foot (stressed- unstressed) =U-Z=
 * Syllable** - a unit of sound in a word
 * Thane -** name or title for warrior members of a //comitatus// (see above)