Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them] to askchapo • edit-22 years agoWhy are old stories like Beowulf and Paradise Lost called poems?message-squaremessage-square32 fedilinkarrow-up131file-text
arrow-up131message-squareWhy are old stories like Beowulf and Paradise Lost called poems?Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them] to askchapo • edit-22 years agomessage-square32 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareviva_la_juche [they/them, any]hexbear13·edit-22 years agoI think the thing was back then they weren’t writing stuff down so they’d give stories a bit of a rhythm, rhyme or just general poetic quality to make it easier to recite and remember but idk I ain’t no nerd link
I think the thing was back then they weren’t writing stuff down so they’d give stories a bit of a rhythm, rhyme or just general poetic quality to make it easier to recite and remember but idk I ain’t no nerd