What is a Kenning A Kenning is a compressed metaphor or description using two nouns to describe a subject place or object Examples Using a Kenning in a Sentence Story keeper Book Word fisher Poet ID: 400774
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KENNINGS
What is a Kenning?
A Kenning is a compressed
metaphor
or description using two nouns to describe a subject, place or object
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Examples - Using a Kenning in a SentenceStory keeper - Book.Word fisher - Poet.Web maker - Spider.Sky climber - Mountain.
Kenning is used in poetry to create different effects, They can be combined to make a poem called a
Kennings
in which a collection of kenning lines are combined to describe an object.
Why don't you try writing a poem using a kenning and enter it into one of our
poetry competitions
.
For information on poetry terms other than a kenning visit our
poetry glossary – poetry termsSlide3
There are many examples of kennings in Beowulf and they are used with great variety throughout the story. Some more examples include: “helmet bearers
” for warriors, “
earth-hall
” for burial mound or barrow, “
stone-cliffs
” for rocks, wall, cliffs of stone, “
stout-hearted
” for bravery and “
shield-warrior
” for fighter behind the shield. Many of these words appear in other readings of Anglo Saxon poetry. Slide4
Beowulf: The Poetry of Beowulf
The
kenning
is
another poetic device that was used by the oral poet.
Examples of kennings from
Beowulf:
gold-shining hall
=
Herot
guardian of crime
= Grendel
strong-hearted wakeful sleeper
= Beowulf
cave-guard
and
sky-borne
foe
= dragonSlide5
Beowulf: The Poetry of Beowulf
Create modern-day
kennings
for
things you see around you.
giver of
words
word-wand? ? ? ?