Difference between revisions of "Anglo-Saxon Poetry"

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Saxon poetry did not have rime or regular rhythm. Each line was cut in two by a pause, with two accented syllables in each half, the whole line tied together by alliteration, as, "A ''r''ocket was ''r''eady to take you to ''R''io."
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From Fancyclopedia 2, ca. 1959
Did not have rime or regular rhythm. Each line was cut in two by a pause, with two accented syllables in each half, the whole line tied together by alliteration; as, "A rocket was ready to take you to Rio".
From Fancyclopedia 1, ca. 1944
Saxon poetry did not have rime or regular rhythm. Each line was cut in two by a pause, with two accented syllables in each half, the whole line tied together by alliteration, as, "A rocket was ready to take you to Rio."

See Poetry.


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