File:The Art of Viking Poetry- A How-To (Includes Kennings)

Be your own skáld! If you've ever wanted to try your hand at writing your own poem in the true Viking style, or just want to appreciate Norse poetry more deeply, this guide will show you how it's done, everything from alliteration to kennings to heiti in three eddic meters (fornyrðislag, ljóðaháttr, and galdralag) and the main skaldic meter (dróttkvætt).

Dr. Jackson Crawford is Instructor of Nordic Studies and Nordic Program Coordinator at the University of Colorado Boulder (formerly UC Berkeley and UCLA). He is a historical linguist and an experienced teacher of Old Norse, Modern Icelandic, and Norwegian. FAQs: https://youtu.be/tOgU4vgnmxE

Jackson Crawford’s translation of The Poetic Edda is available now: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1624663567 and his translation of The Saga of the Volsungs with The Saga of Ragnar Lothbrok is forthcoming in September 2017: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1624666337

Jackson Crawford's Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/norsebysw