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I was looking through my old files on my computer when I found an assignment that I completed for English. Our class was assigned to write a Beowulf Boast based on the techniques used by the Beowulf Poet. Basically, you make the accomplishments of your life seem amazing, no humbleness allowed. To make it interesting, you use massive ammounts of kennings. Kennings are used to replace words with more abstract compounds. For example, "death" may be replaced with the words "sleep of the sword." The two things mean the same, but using "sleep of the sword" hides the meaning in plain sight and makes it sound more poetic. Another technique is to use synonyms to hide what you are saying. I propose a game where one person will make a Beowulf boast (of at least four lines) and the next people will try to guess what character from a Brandon Sanderson book the boast applies to. Whoever gets it right gets to write a new one that people will guess on. If there are more than five wrong guesses, provide some hints, if nobody gets it after ten guesses, just reveal it. For example: When fire comes, I remain. Practitioner of the alloy of senses, I have obtained the highest degree of my calling, Battled the Ending God, And led my people to a new world. This boast is for Spook. I hope that this isn't too confusing. My boast for you to guess is thus: Didact of herbs, I betrayed truth for circles of weath, Living in a society run by a tyrant, My offspring became wielders of weapons. If anybody is interested, here is the Beowulf Boast that I wrote. If you want me to edit in an explanation, just let me know.mif anybody wants to guess on that, they are fine to, just make sure that it is annotated seperate from the other guesses. Here is the explanation of my Boast: