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... alliteration . The classic line , as we find it in Beowulf , is made up of two half- lines , each containing two stresses , bound together by alliteration . The two stressed syllables in the first half - line usually , but not ...
... alliteration . The classic line , as we find it in Beowulf , is made up of two half- lines , each containing two stresses , bound together by alliteration . The two stressed syllables in the first half - line usually , but not ...
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... alliteration or some slight expansion was called for . For instance , if a noun would not alliterate an adjective that would do so had to be supplied . And in addition to the difficulty of preserving the alliteration there was the ...
... alliteration or some slight expansion was called for . For instance , if a noun would not alliterate an adjective that would do so had to be supplied . And in addition to the difficulty of preserving the alliteration there was the ...
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... alliteration , though in some , contrary to Anglo - Saxon practice , I have let the alliteration weigh more heavily in the second half - line than in the first . The Dream of the Rood survives in a single manuscript , the Vercelli Book ...
... alliteration , though in some , contrary to Anglo - Saxon practice , I have let the alliteration weigh more heavily in the second half - line than in the first . The Dream of the Rood survives in a single manuscript , the Vercelli Book ...
Contents
RELIGIOUS ATTITUDES IN BEOWULF | 9 |
PUSHKINS VERSION | 40 |
A NOTE ON CHARACTERIZATION IN OTHELLO | 52 |
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