Compare and contrast the lyric poetry of the anglo-saxon period to the renaissance based on the selections you have read thus far. describe what literary devices were commonly used and what themes were most frequently addressed in both periods. include at least one specific example from each period. your response should be at least one paragraph long.

Renaissance poems which explore the creative and experimental side of human nature through more abstract ideas like nostalgia, imagination and emotion. The literary devices used in the Renaissance period are alliteration, simile, personification, and metaphor
The lyric poetry of the Anglo-Saxon period on the other hand, is characterized with dramatic, and formal style.
Alliteration, Epithet, Hyperbole, Kenning, Metaphor are the literary devices commonly used in the Anglo-Saxon period.

To create unity throughout the poem