Now continue annotating and questioning both poems on your own. Write your annotations on your copies of the poems before responding to the questions below. 1. What does the daughter mean when she says, "I have tested myself against her speed, my younger cousins’ endurance"? What does this show about her character?

- the heat nearly killed them that first summer.

the answer is mary made mudpies on monday.

remember alliteration is the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.  

hygelac - beowulf's uncle, king of the geats, and husband of hygd. hygelac heartily welcomes beowulf back from denmark. hygd - hygelac's wife, the young, beautiful, and intelligent queen of the geats. hygd is contrasted with queen hope this

1 - a

2 - a

3 - c

4 - b

5 - d