There are 6 or 7 stresses to the line, and a medial pause. It might be possible to divide the line into two distinct halves, but medial rhymes are practically absent. In 6 lines, no alliteration ; e.g. 1. 5. In 12 lines, 2 sir. syll. alliterate ; e.g. 1. 4.
Title | : | Alliterative Poetry in Middle English |
Author | : | James Parker Oakden |
Publisher | : | Manchester University Press - 1930 |
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