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Alliterative verse

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…

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Middle English "alliterative revival"

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related to Types of Middle English alliterative verse · 61
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related to Modern revival (alliterative verse in contemporary English) · 29
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related to Alliterative verse in modernist poetics · 22
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related to Middle English "alliterative revival" · 20
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related to External links · 17
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related to Alliterative translations of alliterative verse · 16
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related to Speculative alliterative revival · 15
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Alliterative verseis aform of verse that uses alliteration as the principal device to indicate the underlying metrical structure0.90text
rhymeinstance ofas opposed to other devices0.80text
Piers Plowmaninstance ofand many Middle English poems0.80text
Sir Gawaininstance ofand many Middle English poems0.80text
the Green Knightinstance ofand many Middle English poems0.80text
Layamon's Brutinstance ofand many Middle English poems0.80text
the Alliterative Morte Arthur all use alliterative verse.While alliteration is common in many poetic traditionsinstance ofand many Middle English poems0.80text
it is 'relatively infrequent' as a structured characteristic of poetic forminstance ofand many Middle English poems0.80text
Jonas Hallgrimssoninstance ofbut were criticized by modernizing poets0.80text
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 workinstance ofbut were criticized by modernizing poets0.80text
and dropped out of later usageinstance ofbut were criticized by modernizing poets0.80text
Alliterative verserelated to Alliterative translations of alliterative verseThe0.60section

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