- In prosody,
alliterative verse is a form of
verse that uses
alliteration as the prin****l
device to
indicate the
underlying metrical structure, as opposed...
- The
Alliterative Revival is a term
adopted by
literary historians to
refer to the
resurgence of
poetry using the
alliterative verse form in
Middle English...
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humanist Giovanni Pontano in the 15th century.
Alliteration is used in the
alliterative verse of Old
English poems like Beowulf,
Middle English poems like Sir...
- The
Alliterative Morte Arthure is a 4346-line
Middle English alliterative poem,
retelling the
latter part of the
legend of King Arthur.
Dating from about...
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followed by harmoniums.
Other vital traditions of
Icelandic music are epic
alliterative and
rhyming ballads called rímur. Rímur are epic tales,
usually a cappella...
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Cleanness (Middle English: Clannesse) is a
Middle English alliterative poem
written in the late 14th century. Its
unknown author,
designated the Pearl...
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Patience (Middle English: Pacience) is a
Middle English alliterative poem
written in the late 14th century. Its
unknown author,
designated the "Pearl Poet"...
- for the
position in Arthur's
absence as the most
worthy candidate. The
Alliterative Morte Arthure is a
unique text in
which Mordred is
reluctant to be left...
- Germanic-speaking
peoples probably shared a
common poetic tradition,
alliterative verse, and
later Germanic peoples also
shared legends originating in...
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Scandinavian culture. Old
Norse poetry developed from the
common Germanic alliterative verse, and as such has many
commonalities with Old English, Old Saxon...
