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Dróttkéði. Sample book. By Gunnar Skarphéðinsson
The Dróttkéðin were primarily performed at the courts of kings and other chieftains in ancient times. The word drótt means court, and from that word the name of this poetic genre is derived. Here, an attempt is made to bring this subject closer to the general public through thorough explanations and education about the purpose of each verse.
The royal poems were primarily performed at the courts of kings and other chieftains in ancient times. The word drótt means court, and from that word the name of this genre of poetry is derived. The royal poems appeared in the tenth century, and the style, the royal poem style, became impressive early on and was bound by internal rhyme and strict meter. This melodious and complex style was probably considered suitable for royal courts. Icelanders were unusually prolific as poets in this field and received remuneration for their poems.
The royal poems have been praised for being above all an art of form and their subject matter, the praise of the king, monotonous. But then one sees that in the free verse the poets wrote about a wide variety of subjects. There one can find verses about love and love-struck maidens, childhood and death poems, pornography and satire, comedy and satire, and in fact verses from most areas of human life.
No anthology with a selection from this poetry has existed for quite some time, providing general readers with easy access to the treasure trove of language and eloquence that we certainly possess in these 12,000 lines of poetry that the poems span. Here, we attempt to bring this material closer to the public through thorough explanations and education about the purpose of each verse.
The Dróttkéðin were primarily performed at the courts of kings and other chieftains in ancient times. The word drótt means court, and from that word the name of this poetic genre is derived. Here, an attempt is made to bring this subject closer to the general public through thorough explanations and education about the purpose of each verse.
The royal poems were primarily performed at the courts of kings and other chieftains in ancient times. The word drótt means court, and from that word the name of this genre of poetry is derived. The royal poems appeared in the tenth century, and the style, the royal poem style, became impressive early on and was bound by internal rhyme and strict meter. This melodious and complex style was probably considered suitable for royal courts. Icelanders were unusually prolific as poets in this field and received remuneration for their poems.
The royal poems have been praised for being above all an art of form and their subject matter, the praise of the king, monotonous. But then one sees that in the free verse the poets wrote about a wide variety of subjects. There one can find verses about love and love-struck maidens, childhood and death poems, pornography and satire, comedy and satire, and in fact verses from most areas of human life.
No anthology with a selection from this poetry has existed for quite some time, providing general readers with easy access to the treasure trove of language and eloquence that we certainly possess in these 12,000 lines of poetry that the poems span. Here, we attempt to bring this material closer to the public through thorough explanations and education about the purpose of each verse.