Comparative Analysis of Poems

Comparative Analysis of Poems

Even though Beowulf and Sir Gawain were written in entirely different time periods, there are certain striking similarities and some stark contrasts between the two epic poems. To start with, the epic poem Beowulf was written in the times of the Anglo-Saxon period which lasted from 449 AD to 1066 AD. The poems written in this period are distinguished for their unique formal and stylized writing structure which promoted the tradition of the time of writing poems in the form of lengthy narratives (Orchard, 2003). Also, the poems written in this era were generally in ...