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In prosody, alliterative verse is a form of verse that uses alliteration as the principal device to indicate the underlying metrical structure, as opposed to other devices such as rhyme. The most commonly studied traditions of alliterative verse are those found in the oldest literature of the Germanic languages, where scholars use the term 'alliterative…
Middle English "alliterative revival", Modern revival (alliterative verse in contemporary English) & Overview
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| Alliterative verse | is a | form of verse that uses alliteration as the principal device to indicate the underlying metrical structure | 0.90 | text |
| rhyme | instance of | as opposed to other devices | 0.80 | text |
| Piers Plowman | instance of | and many Middle English poems | 0.80 | text |
| Sir Gawain | instance of | and many Middle English poems | 0.80 | text |
| the Green Knight | instance of | and many Middle English poems | 0.80 | text |
| Layamon's Brut | instance of | and many Middle English poems | 0.80 | text |
| the Alliterative Morte Arthur all use alliterative verse.While alliteration is common in many poetic traditions | instance of | and many Middle English poems | 0.80 | text |
| it is 'relatively infrequent' as a structured characteristic of poetic form | instance of | and many Middle English poems | 0.80 | text |
| Jonas Hallgrimsson | instance of | but were criticized by modernizing poets | 0.80 | text |
| and dropped out of later usage.ExampleThe following poem in kviðuhattr meter by Jónas Hallgrímsson with translation by Dick Ringler illustrates how the rules for Icelandic alliterative verse work | instance of | but were criticized by modernizing poets | 0.80 | text |
| and dropped out of later usage | instance of | but were criticized by modernizing poets | 0.80 | text |
| Alliterative verse | related to Alliterative translations of alliterative verse | The | 0.60 | section |
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