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Seamus Heaney’s Beowulf: Day 21 | pg 201-213, lines 2982-3182
At the poem’s end, if you’re me, you end up trembling in consideration of Heaney’s care not just for a precise translation and an honest translation…
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Seamus Heaney’s Beowulf: Day 20 | pg 191-201, lines 2847-2981
The “battle-dodgers” and the “tail-turners” run from their hiding places, and the joy with which our modern translator defines the-ones-who-ran-away…
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Seamus Heaney’s Beowulf: Day 19 | pg 181-191, lines 2669-2846
Wiglaf’s vow to stand by Beowulf seems to incite the dragon.
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Seamus Heaney’s Beowulf: Day 18 | pg 171-181, lines 2538-2668
Beowulf prepares himself to meet “molten venom,” a reason to wear a mail-shirt and to carry his shield.
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Seamus Heaney’s Beowulf: Day 17 | pg 159-171, lines 2337-2537
Beowulf manages to take a breath.
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Seamus Heaney’s Beowulf: Day 16 | pg 151-159, lines 2211-2336
Line 2211:
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Seamus Heaney’s Beowulf: Day 15 | pg 142-151, lines 2082-2210
Beowulf gives us a tight replay of his ordeal, describing Grendel’s “roomy pouch,” “a rare patchwork of devilishly fitted dragon-skins.” Line 2089: “I…
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Seamus Heaney’s Beowulf: Day 14 | pg 133-141, lines 1926-2081
As we watch Beowulf return to his home court, we are offered a side story—that of Queen Modthryth, who punished even imagined enemies.
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