Poésies
How would you pronounce this name?
13 Matching Annotations
- Jun 2020
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torques
a neck ornament consisting of a band of twisted metal, worn especially by the ancient Gauls and Britons.
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adorn
admire or to swoon over
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Rose in tears
This sounds beautiful yet sad in a way.
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He envies the comradery of Hrothgar’s men, their closeness as a tribe
It’s sad. Grendel just wants company or friends that he can be close with as well.
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The line between monster and man is murkier
Is this assumed to tell that men and monsters are physically built the same due to both of them being muscular or manly?
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Though he wins handedly, he is mortally wounded in the process and dies as a revered warrior king.
This sounds just like the end of Avengers: Endgame when Iron man dies saving all of humanity.
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wayfarer
a traveler on foot https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wayfarer
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My hopes for you have sickened,
Does this mean she got her hopes up?
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opposed to the devil, so that the children of men might acclaim him afterwards, and his praise shall live ever among the angels, forever and ever in the fruits of eternal existence, joys among the majesties.
It expresses that all God’s children who reject the devil will live happy and be with them in the afterlife
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Often alone, every daybreak
Having to feel alone everyday would break my heart.
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throughout the ocean’s way
The way they worded this seems as if he is lost, just going throughout the ocean’s way.
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What are the collective themes of all of these poems?
The themes I assume that show through the poems are based off of God, love, separation, and isolation.
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