Elegiac Kennings (elegy and kennings)

by MeAndTheMoon

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You’ve made a raven-harvest of my heart
I feel as though a blood-ember has cut it apart
My once bright brow stars now flow with tears
As I think of all the wasted years

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Average Reader Rating: 4.0 stars out of 5

  1. Elegiac Kennings (elegy and kennings)

    MeAndTheMoon's Buddy Icon MeAndTheMoon

    Posted about 1 year ago

    ok, so an elegy is a piece of literature that expresses sorrow over loss in the past. and kennings are metaphoric compound words. Both are characteristics of old English literature.
    A raven-harvest is a corpse
    A blood-ember is an axe
    And brow-stars are eyes.
    sooo yeah i used 2 rare techniques

  2. Elegiac Kennings (elegy and kennings)

    blueyedwonder's Buddy Icon blueyedwonder

    Posted about 1 year ago

    nice job!!! and no, that’s definitely not being greedy or anything. i really liked this.

  3. Elegiac Kennings (elegy and kennings)

    THX 0477's Buddy Icon THX 0477

    Posted about 1 year ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Quite lovely and kennings is a new one to me, so good job.

  4. Elegiac Kennings (elegy and kennings)

    SKermitgorf's Buddy Icon SKermitgorf

    Posted about 1 year ago

    3.0 out of 5 stars

    you found a rare one,ever heard of kennings wtg. it was short and made no sense to me… but your explaination was good

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