Peom:

Wiglaf watched his king writhe beneath
the heat of his flame-battered helmet,
remembering the rings that king had given him,
his comfortable home among the Wægmundings,
his halcyon holdings and heritage, come down
from his daddy. He could not run with the rest.
He raised his linden shield and lifted his sword,
a blade with lineage of its own, a weapon come
from Eadmund, Ohthere’s son, that exiled,
friendless one that Weohstan had killed
in combat. He’d borne his victim’s arms
back to the dead man’s kin: his engraved
helmet, woven chain mail, and sword,
giant-forged. Onela returned the gear,
ring-gift to a kin-killer, though slain Eadmund
had been his nephew. Weohstan held the hostile hoard
for the rest of his life, helm, sword, shirt,
until his son came of age and needed metal
to prove his worth. When he was dying,
gray and aged, embarking into the unknown,
he showered Wiglaf in battle-bounty,
Geat-witnessed. Now was the young warrior’s
first chance to align himself with his lineage,
to fight for his father and for his ring-lord.
He had a strong spirit, and his inheritance
was sharp as ever, a thing the serpent would learn,
when soon they met.

Directions:

Day 1: Select approximately 100 lines from the Beowulf poem to annotate. In your annotations, which include highlights and margin notes, identify the poetic devices contained in your lines. At the end of your chosen section, please author a section summary where you describe IN YOUR OWN WORDS the facts and circumstances portrayed in your section. Please make a copy of this document and include your chosen section of approximately 100 lines and accompanying annotations.