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ThesongofBeowulfbackground“LikemostOldEnglishpoems,Beowulfhasnotitleintheuniquemanuscriptinwhichitsurvives,whichwascopiedroundtheyear1000AD),.”Itisaheroicepicpoemconsistingof3182longlines.ItsurvivesinasinglemanuscriptknownastheNowellCodex.ItscompositionbyananonymousAnglo-Saxonpoet“Thenameofthepoetwhoassembledfromtraditionthematerialsofhisstoryandputthemintheirfinalformisnotknowntous”.In1731,themanuscriptwasbadlydamagedbyafirethatsweptthroughabuildinghousingacollectionofMedievalmanuscriptsassembledbySirRobertBruceCotton.Thepoemfellintoobscurityfordecades,anditsexistencedidnotbecomewidelyknownagainuntilitwasprintedin1815inaneditionpreparedbytheIcelandic-DanishscholarSignificanceofthesongofBeowulfPlotThemestructureBeowulfFasterthanaseamonster!Strongerthanademon!Morepowerfulthanadragon!It’sBeowulf.Histruecourage,courteousconduct,andhisloveofhonorimpressedus.Inthepoem,Beowulfisstrong,courageous,selfless,andreadytoriskhislifeinordertoridhispeopleofevilmonsters.Inhisyouth,hepersonifiesthevaluesoftheheroicculture.Inhisoldage,heprovesawiseandeffectiveruler.GrendelKingHrothgarWiglaf
