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Zach Weinersmith on Beowulf and Bea Wolf

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The Canning of a Poem

One of the things these old poems do and there are several traditions that do it is they use these little phrases they're almost like riddles, and they use repeatedly so you know what they are. The fact that it's a mom is really unusual. And I think I like that interpretation David why he does a lot more with it he goes on for pages and very thoughtfullyI just I recommend that book generally it's a it's a lovely book.

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