1) identify any appositives in the section 2) figure out what noun the appositives are renaming/redefining
3) identify any kennings, metonyms, and/or synechdoches in that stanza
4) identify any instances of alliteration, consonance, and/or assonance in that stanza
5) in a sentence or two, explain what is being said in that stanza
Stanza:
But the earl-troop's leader was not inclined Beowulf's thanes
to allow his caller to depart alive: defend him
he did not consider that life of much account
to anyone anywhere. Time and again,
Beowulf's warriors worked to defend
their lord's life, laying about them
as best they could with their ancestral blades.
Stalwart in action, they kept striking out
on every side, seeking to cut
straight to the soul.