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* a two- part compound noun (‘Glory-Prince’) or a phrase (The Lord of

TftS)

« substttutes an ordinacy noun

epithets^tom^aa/Llo“    .    •<- .................    ........    .... .

■ Tgpeated very often, a limited set of adjectives that a poet could choosę JrgtD

e.g. Kingi.bright, beloved

Queen: high-born, high-minded, ring- adomed, gold-adorned Hall: mighty

vari§tigas.

-repetitionofjbe-sanne^cancaptin.different words

■    jar§rkffigś of tribes- noble princes > understatement

■    making some feature seem smaller, less important by negating the opposite ;

o.g. man/elous^jot-bad sfronaer-no weaker ‘Not easily did I escape with my life’