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Crystal's Orginal Work

Poetry can be traced back farther

Trace it back as far as you can

Beowulf and the Anglo-Saxons

I start here

Because that is where I know to begin

Oral to written

Lost in translation

Begin by writing down our verbal patterns

See the rhythms

Notice the patterns

Watch it all connect

wæs se grimma gæst Grendel haten

Read it

Immerse yourself

Cheer Beowulf; Damn Grendel

Applaud Grendel; Hate Beowulf

Understand they are the same

Understand that they are a dyad

Listen and see the Celtic knot work that the poet weaves

Song and story now sounded together

as Hrothgar's bard declaimed over benches

a tale often told when hard was held

This is the beginning

The orature proceeding the literature

My remix

It is possible to trace Poetry back to the beginning of written history and farther. I will start my exploration of poetry with Beowulf and the Anglo-Saxons because this is where my knowledge of the subject begins. Poetry started out as oral form of entertainment, memorized and passed down from generation to generation. When the poetry was finally written down some of its history got lost in the translations.

Poetry begins by writing down our verbal patterns and turning them into rhythms. The rhythms then turn into noticeable patterns which all connect into a bigger web. wæs se grimma gæst Grendel haten is a great poem, read it, immerse yourself in it. Cheer Beowulf, Damn Grendel, Applaud Grendel and Hate Beowulf they are the same and they are dyad. If you listen carefully the words of a poem can produce visual images; the poet can weave Celtic knots with their words. In a poem a story can take the form of song as Hrothgar's bard declaimed over benches told a tale in his poems. In the beginning of poetry the orature value proceeded the literature.