It’s a form of personification where the inanimate object actually speaks, such as in The Dream of the Rood. 

Her story, told in a digression, is tragic because she loses her brother and son in the same battle, and then shortly after her husband, Finn.

He carries and ax and a bob of holly in each hand when he enters King Arthur’s court.

His face “flushed red” with shame because no man would accept the Green Knight’s challenge.   

Identify the context, and significance of the following passage from Beowulf (4-6 good sentences):                                The bright court of Heorot has been cleansed                                 And now the word is that you want to adopt                                 This warrior as a son.  So, while you may,                                 Bask in your fortune, then bequeath                                 Kingdom and nation to your kith and kin,                                 Before your decease.  I am certain of Hrothulf.                                 He is noble and will use the young ones well.           1180                                 He will not let you down.  Should you die before him,                                 He will treat our children truly and fairly.

On Christmas Eve, his prayer to God and the Virgin Mary is to “happen upon some house where mass might be heard”

He has ruled as king of the Danes for 50 years.  

Gawain has an image of her on the inside of his shield. 

Hrothgar’s retainer and friend, he is killed by Grendel’s mother; his head is found detached from its body.

Identify the context, and significance of the following passage from Beowulf: (4-6 good sentences)  “Think how the Heatho-Bards will be bound to feel, Their lord, Ingeld, and his loyal thanes, When he walks in with that woman to the feast: Danes are at the table, being entertained, Honored guest in glittering regalia, Burnished ring-mail that was their hosts’ birthright, Looted when the Heatho-Bards could no longer wield Their weapons in the shield-clash, when they went down With their beloved comrades and forfeited their lives. Then an old spearman will speak while they are drinking, Having glimpsed some heirloom that brings alive Memories of the massacre