Horrible Histories - Viking Poetry

Viking poetry and sagas from Horrible Histories

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[theFJLSEfiveify]

The words arn't in sync

[maunus]

I wish everybody would start talking that way!

[Flyingtart]

@KathePixe

In viking sagas there's always a "skald" saying something poetic before and after battles, and most viking sagas are based on reality so yeah. Being good at poems was honorable.

[PalleRasmussen]

@KathePixe There is this thing called, "BOOKS". They are great.

[OddCodicologist]

@KathePixe - Sorry! The 'Vikings' didn't really talk in poetry all the time - and when they did write or compose poems it wasn't usually in rhyme. Instead, it is made into poetry through the rhythm of the words and the use of alliteration (using the same first letter in a few words). Poems were usually written afterwards and maybe by other people! However, a century or two later when the stories were written down, the poems were included - as if the person had spouted a poem mid-battle!

[KathePixe]

ik the poem is ture the real one and is it ture vikings always say poetry??? pls reply plp (need to know for my history in school :P :L)

[yexleyfamily]

Runish

[hermione1998]

this is why lots of the best songs are written by the Scandinavians its in their Viking blood ;p

[Bloodshotshatterbone]

Lol XD In my history lessons we don't watch this horrible histories we watch the old 80's cartoon version that sucks :(

[administrater1000]

@theFJLSEfiveify its so the cant get copyrighted

[soccergirl97979]

its a dark version of Dr Seuss

[ladythalia]

@ellybrandt4 Exactly:-) Alliterative verse was an important ingredient of poetry in Old English and other old Germanic languages like Old High German, Old Norse, and Old Saxon. Even in Old English given names. An unbroken line of 9th century kings of Wessex were named Æthelwulf, Æthelbald, Æthelberht, and Æthelred. If I remember correctly, end rhyme was first used in Europe during the middle ages, and came to England via France with the romantic ballads.