Epic Poetry Culminating Project

In groups, you will create your own epic poetry as a culminating assignment drawing from the activities you have already completed. Your poem needs to fulfill the following requirements:

• A poem with a minimum of 20 lines in MLA format
• Choose point of view: Beowulf, Grendel, or Grendel’s mother
• At least three original kennings
• At least three original epithets
• At least three examples of alliteration
• At least one simile
• At least one allusion
• At least one cultural value from the Middle Ages
• Use of formal and elevated language, modeled after Beowulf
• A picture or illustration to supplement the poem
• Post and share work on the class blog