I provided instruction on the types narrative poems: epic, ballad, and elegy and discussed Beowulf as an epic poem, Further,we discussed common poetic devices such as alliteration, assonance, caesura, figurative language, and enjambment. I noted which devices appear in the poem and we looked at certain passages to locate examples. Last, I discussed the mixture of Christian and pagan values within the text as a reflection of Anglo-Saxon culture.