Think you’ve got your head wrapped around The Wife's Lament? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. "The Wife's Lament" is written in which language?
Norman French
Middle English
Old English
High Elvish
Q. Who wrote the poem?
The same person who wrote "Wulf and Eadwacer"
Phillips Exeter
We can't know for sure
Pharrell. He writes everything.
Q. What do you call the pause in the middle of each line of the original poem?
Trochee
Iamb
Caesura
A pause. Duh.
Q. Which of these literary devices appears most frequently in the poem?
Alliteration
Blank Verse
Chiasmus
Disestablishmentarianism
Q. What is the Old English word that refers to lying awake worrying just before dawn?
Uhtceare
Dreogeð
Geomorre
Morning anxiety